Tag: Word choice

• The English language contains hundreds of thousands of words, each with its own conventions of use
• Confusion often arises with pairs like 'affect'/'effect' and terms like 'evidence' or 'research' that can be nouns or verbs

How can you avoid plagiarism and increase your manuscript's likelihood of publication, especially in journals using plagiarism detection tools?

Some terminology and phrasing are essentially exclusive to case reports, although they may even be deemed incorrect or awkward in other contexts. Here are some examples.

Clarifying the difference between 'case' and 'patient' in medical or clinical research

Here, we discuss small stylistic and formatting touches that may help to increase the clarity of clinical case reports.

This article covers commonly confused terms in clinical medicine manuscripts and case reports.

Here, we outline two categories of diction- and phrasing-related errors in clinical reports: commonly confused terms and frequently misused terms.

This free guide provides an overview of the most common spelling differences in research papers when choosing American English or British English.

Plagiarism is a form of academic misconduct and can thus lead to dismissal from universities and other research institutions, article rejections or retractions from journals, and decreased credibility as a researcher. How do you know if you're plagiarizing?