Cohesion and Clarity
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2. The findings of Branson and coworkers, however, must be interpreted with caution since they are different from earlier findings of a prevalence of binge-eating disorder of 5 percent among carriers of MC4R mutations. 5 (From List & Habener, 2003)
3. There are three primary routes for human exposure to the carcinogen 4-aminobiphenyl (ABP): skin contact, inhalation, and ingestion. (From Tsuneoka et al., 2003)
“Scientific writing, unfortunately, h as become full of jargon and hard to understand by people who are not in that particular sub-area. We are lousy at communicating. But being an effective writer means being able to communicate to your audience clearly.” — Faith M. Strickland, PhD Immunology
5.Effective scientific writing is cohesive.
Cohesive writing shows connectedness and consistency in the message and details. Why is cohesion important to scientific writing? It ensures that ideas are connected and presented logically, and it helps readers follow the author’s line of reasoning. Many of these characteristics overlap with those of linear writing.
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