Choosing and using verbs

  • Kristin Messuri Associate Director of the University Writing Center at Texas Tech University / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX

Abstract

Choosing precise, vivid verbs improves the clarity and enhances the style of medicalwriting. Ideally, writers should use precise, vivid verbs in medical writing and other genres.Moreover, employing active voice or passive voice has important implications for meaningas well as style. Editing techniques such as analyzing the use of the verb “to be,” phrasalverbs, and passive voice and learning field-specific vocabulary help medical writers to useverbs effectively in their writing.

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Author Biography

Kristin Messuri, Associate Director of the University Writing Center at Texas Tech University / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX
MD, pulmonary physician, expertise- clinical projects, ICU, COPD, general pulmonary medicine
Published
2016-01-02
How to Cite
Messuri, K. (2016). Choosing and using verbs. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 4(13), 57-59. Retrieved from https://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/244