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SILVIA M. ROGERS
MASTERING SCIENTIFIC
AND MEDICAL WRITING
A SELF-HELP GUIDE
SILVIA M. ROGERS
MASTERING SCIENTIFIC
AND MEDICAL WRITING
A SELF-HELP GUIDE
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SILVIA M. ROGERS, BSc, PhD
MEDIWRITE GmbH
Leimenstrasse 57
CH-4051 Basel
Switzerland
e-mail: s.rogers@mediwrite.ch
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006926502
ISBN 10 3-540-34507-8 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Introduction 1
2
Good Versus Poor Scientic Writing: An Orientation 3
2.1
What Is “Good” Scientic Writing? 3
2.2
e Plain Language Movement 4
2.3
e BASO Pyramid of Scientic Writing 6
2.3.1
Baseline 7
2.3.2
Style 7
2.3.3
Opinion 8
2.4
Common Myths and Misconceptions 9
2.4.1
What Are Myths and Misconceptions? 9
2.4.2
Long and Complicated Sentences 10
2.4.3
Misusing or Wasting Specic and Generic Terms 11
2.4.4
Reluctance to Use First-Person Pronouns and Overuse
of Passive Voice 11
2.4.5
Tendency to Turn Sharp and Powerful Verbs into Weighty Nouns 12
3
Words and Units: Orthography and Punctuation 13
3.1
Correct Spelling 13
3.1.1
Getting Words Right 13
3.1.2
Using Spell Checkers 14
3.2
Consistent Spelling: American English versus British English 14
3.3
Punctuation 16
3.3.1
Proper Use of Punctuation Marks 16
3.3.2
Hyphens and Word Division 16
3.3.3
Punctuation Marks Indicating Emotion 18
3.3.4
Parentheses and Brackets 19
3.3.5
Periods in Titles and Academic Degrees 21
3.3.6
Apostrophes in Contractions 21
3.3.7
Nonbreaking Spaces and Hyphens 22
3.4
Shortened Word Forms in Scientic Writing 23
 

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