Wearing gloves apparently isn’t enough to oppose contamination.
One day, a palynologist was looking at some old (Palaeozoic) pollen samples, but his results turned out to be very inaccurate. His pollen were of a kind that didn’t exist yet in the Palaeozoic. The problem puzzled him and some colleagues for some time. When identifying the pollen, they found that the species was exactly the kind the palynologist had in his garden. Turns out he had been climbing his tree that morning and the pollen fell from his hair into the Palaeozoic samples.
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Great anecdote, good blog with excellent flow and nice style.
Some words I'd change: oppose (you oppose people or ideas). I'd use 'avoid' here.
Wearing gloves apparently isn’t enough to oppose contamination.
Excellent:
* one day...
* some old...
Good use of ING-clause
When identifying the pollen, they found that... the species was exactly the kind the palynologist had in his garden.
* good use of informal/reduced style in blog
Turns out he had been climbing his tree that morning and the pollen fell from his hair into the Palaeozoic samples.
Olaf
Great anecdote, good blog with excellent flow and nice style.
Some words I'd change: oppose (you oppose people or ideas). I'd use 'avoid' here.
Wearing gloves apparently isn’t enough to oppose contamination.
Excellent:
* one day...
* some old...
Good use of ING-clause
When identifying the pollen, they found that... the species was exactly the kind the palynologist had in his garden.
* good use of informal/reduced style in blog
Turns out he had been climbing his tree that morning and the pollen fell from his hair into the Palaeozoic samples.
Olaf
Hi Fun,
Wonderfull topic-sentence!
I would rather write ".. the species was exactly the same as the palynologist had in his garden." than "...the species was exactly the kind the palynologist had in his garden" But this is just a feeling.
Overall: great text, I enjoyed reading it very much. It is an interesting subject and you were able to bring it well.
Inge
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