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Editing Tip: When to Use Abbreviations
This article covers field-specific abbreviations and when to define them based on journal requirements.
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Case Reports: Confused and Misused Terms
Here, we outline two categories of diction- and phrasing-related errors in clinical reports: commonly confused terms and frequently misused terms.
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Editing Tip: Lists
Although list formatting is relatively flexible, especially when involving bullet points, lists typically adhere to a few key rules.
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Editing Tip: Parenthetical Elements
This tip reviews how to properly use parenthetical elements, clauses and phrases that can help clarify meaning in your scientific writing.
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Editing Tip: Indefinite Article Use with Elements
- Chemical elements present some unusual exceptions to normal rules for usage of indefinite articles (a and an)
- Choose the article based on the sound of the element when sounded out fully (e.g., 'silver' not 'Ag')
- For isotopes, consider the sound of the element symbol first
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Editing Tip: Relatively
- The term relatively, most commonly defined as meaning “in comparison,” can be confusing to use
- 'Relatively' already implies comparison, so it does not need to be used with a comparative (-er) adjective form
- 'Relatively' can also be defined as 'slightly,' but this usage is not preferred in scientific writing
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Editing Tip: Punctuating Quotations
In this article, we provide the conventions of some of the more complex punctuation rules (quotations within quotations, ellipses, etc.) within quotation marks.
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Editing Tip: Proper Usage of Latin Terms
- Latin terms such as e.g. or in vitro are extensively used in scientific writing
- Keep in mind that e.g. and i.e. are not combined with etc.
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Editing Tip: Strategies for Splitting Long Sentences
This article provides multiple tips for breaking up complicated sentences and improving the clarity of your work in the process.
by Michaela Panter, PhD
2 min