B. Every. Writing economically in medicine and science: tips for tackling wordiness. Medical Writing 2017;26(1)
In this article, the author describes three ways for medical writers and editors to tackle wordiness: avoiding repetition, eliminating redundancy, and minimising purposeless words such as unnecessary qualifiers, weak verbs, and roundabout expressions. An added benefit of limiting word clutter is that it helps reduce the word count to suit publication guidelines.
http://journal.emwa.org/writing-better/writing-economically-in-medicine-and-science-tips-for-tackling-wordiness/
In this article, the author describes three ways for medical writers and editors to tackle wordiness: avoiding repetition, eliminating redundancy, and minimising purposeless words such as unnecessary qualifiers, weak verbs, and roundabout expressions. An added benefit of limiting word clutter is that it helps reduce the word count to suit publication guidelines.
http://journal.emwa.org/writing-better/writing-economically-in-medicine-and-science-tips-for-tackling-wordiness/
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