Cohesion and Clarity
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Activity 7
Replace these words and phrases with shorter ones:
1. lengthy
6. necessitate
2. has the capability of
7. firstly
3. in the near future
8. subsequently
4. for this reason
9. as compared with
5. following
10. has an effect on
Conclusion
When your manuscript has all the characteristics described in this chapter, you will have fulfilled your responsibilities to your readers by making your message easy to understand. Tip: To continue to polish the skills you have learned in this chapter and become a more sophisticated science writer, read as much as you can from well-edited journals, such as The New England Journal of Medicine and Molecular and Cellular Biology.
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