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Writing in the sciences (Writing in the sciences (Day 1 (1.4Cut clutter…

- - - - Good Writing
        
        Communicate an idea clearly and effectively (first draft)←something 、clear thinking
        
        Elegant and stylish
      - A good writer
        
        have something to say--passionate about that you want to communicate
        
        logical thinking
        
        a few simple ,learnable rules of style
        
        read ,pay attention ,imitate
        
        write in a journal
        
        let go of academic writing habits
        
        write to engage your readers - try not to bore them
        
        stop waiting for inspiration
        
        accept that writing is hard for everyone
        
        revise
        
        learn how to cut ruthlessly
        
        find a good editor
        
        take risk、find your own voice
    - - Complex ideas don't require complex language.
        
        Ask yorself
        
        easy to understand?
        
        enjoyable and interesting to read?
        
        readable ?
        
        write to inform or obscure?
        
        verbs drives sentences whereas nouns slow them down
        
        any vague words？含糊其辞
        
        any use of unnecessary jargon（行话） and acronyms（缩写词）
        
        passive voice (hard to understand)
        
        the distance between the subject and the main verb of the sentence
        
        1.3Principles of effective writing
        
        1.cut unnecessary words;learn to part with your words
        
        2.use the active voice
        
        write with verbs:use strong verbs ,avoid turning verbs into nouns ,don't bury the main verb
      - Scientific writing should be easy and even enjoyable to read.
    - - Do I need the second instance of that word at all?
      - Common clutter
        
        Dead weight words and phrases
        
        As it is well known
        
        As it has been shown
        
        It can be regarded that
        
        It should be emphasized that
        
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        Empty words and phrases
        
        basic tenets of
        
        methodologic
        
        important
        
        Long words or phrases that could be short
        
        a majority of =most
        
        a number of =many
        
        are of the sam opinion=agree
        
        less frequently occurring =rare
        
        all three of the =the three
        
        unnecessary jargon and acronyms
        
        muscular and cardiorespiratory performance
        
        Gliomagenesis
        
        miR
        
        give rise to =cause
        
        due to the fact that =because
        
        have an effect on =affect
        
        Repetitive words or phrases
        
        studies/examples
        
        illustrate/demonstrate
        
        challenges/difficulties
        
        successful soltions
        
        Adverbs
        
        very/really/quite/bascially/generally...
      - How
        
        Be vigilant and ruthless
        
        Try the sentence without the extra words and see how it's better-conveys the same idea with more power