Prepared by

Nathan Sheffield,

Institute  for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University

In collaboration with

Duke Writing Studio

Updated September 8, 2011

Summary of revision techniques

1. Omit unnecessary words: use find.

2. Put actions in verbs: find nominalizations and

see if they should be converted to verbs.

3. Place verbs near subjects: check for subjectverb distance

4. Put familiar information first: check each

sentence for old and new information.

详见附件

ScientificWritingC.pdf