I agree that it at best pedestrian and at worst confusing, It smacks of
bureaucratic writing.

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As we approach the Hudson-Champlain observances in  2009, there is a
question 
of historians' writing style that has me  intrigued.  I find myself
slightly 
annoyed when I read a phrase that seems  to me trite and hackneyed in 
otherwise good historical writing.  Am I being  oversensitive, or is
this a valid 
gripe?  The phrase is this:  In  1609 Hudson/Champlain "explored the
river/lake 
which bears his name."   This gets written in this way over and over. 
Shouldn't 
this worn-out,  stale phrase be avoided by good writers?  I guess once
one 
begins to notice  it, the more annoying it gets.
 
Paul Huey



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