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English translation: number of references
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|  Selected response from: Hilary Davies Shelby United States Local time: 06:35 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | number of references |
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| 4 | The frequency of source references |
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| 4 | density of references |
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8 mins confidence: 
The frequency of source references Explanation: This would be a standard way of saying that there are a lot of retellings of the legend that claim to have got it from a specified source. Not sure how that fits into your context. eg "Includes source references and many illustrations" www.lkwdpl.org/lhs/mythology |
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8 mins confidence:
density of references Explanation: ... might be one way to go about this one - see, for example, http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/Keith/Preface.html "... I had to face the problem of balancing clarity of exposition with ***density of references***. I was tempted to give large numbers of references but was afraid they would have destroyed the continuity of the text. I have tried to steer a middle course and not compete with the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. ..." http://www.canlit.ca/reviews/archive/169/2822_king.html "... Nor does this exhaust the potential of wings which Davidson goes on to relate to the turkey wing Elaine consumes, Stephen's favourite song "A Wing and a Prayer," and his fall from the hijacked plane. While the more sophisticated reader will appreciate the ***density of references***, the novice may well find the rate of connection too rapid and allusive. Still, both Davidson and Thompson attempt, in their differing ways, to educate the reader to a sympathetic understanding of both victims and victimizers in these contemporary texts. ..." |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1number of references Explanation: "The number of references...." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 38 mins (2005-02-21 15:48:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- you could continue \"which exist in support of this legend/which seem to support this legend\"...etc -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 4 hrs 21 mins (2005-02-23 16:31:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or \"abundance of references\" |
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