One-Minute Writing Tuneup: Comprise vs. Compose
Rebecca Helton, MA
“Comprised of” should never exist in formal writing.
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One-Minute Writing Tuneup: Don't Dangle Your Modifiers Off a Cliff
Rebecca Helton, MA
A "dangling modifier" has nothing in the sentence to modify, or appears to modify something the author doesn't intend it to.
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Reviewers & Editors Share the Secret Sauce
Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD
Publishing Your Medical Research has a secret sauce - data from reviewers and editors.
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One-Minute Writing Tuneup: Energize Your Words with Active Voice
Rebecca Helton, MA
Sentence after sentence in passive voice is wordy, invites errors such as dangling modifiers, and grates on readers' nerves.
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Paper-Writing Checklists To Prevent Headaches Down the Road
Rebecca Helton, MA
Avoid authorship headaches and streamline the path from data to paper with these checklists.
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Optimizing Colors for Projected Presentations
Sephirus Communications
Solutions to common problems when colors vary between your monitor and the projector.
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Think of It as the Next Big Adventure
Ross Cloney, PhD
Five years ago I joined Nature Communications from my postdoc to begin my new life as an editor.
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Get Your PMCIDs PDQ
Rebecca Helton, MA
One item easy to do from isolation is making sure your publications comply with the NIH Public Access Policy and receive PMCIDs.
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Will They Stay or Will They Go?: Figures in NIH Grant Abstracts
Ashley Hood, PhD
The February 2020 grant submission cycle threw everyone for a loop.
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How a Jail-house Letter and Goat Research Can Get Your Grant Funded
Eric Sentell, PhD
So-called “audience-based rhetoric” persuades much more effectively than just stating the reasons your grant is the best idea ever.
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