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The use of ‘while’ to show contrast is common and accepted in informal usage. In formal writing, however, ‘while’ should be reserved to show that two or more events occur at the same time. For comparisons and contrasts, ‘whereas’ and ‘although’ should be used instead of ‘while.’. Measurements were taken while thespecimen
MOST ALL | LANGUAGE USAGE WEBLOG The speaker clearly felt that “y’all” referred to a single individual! ‘Most all’ is a colloquialism and, as such, it is appropriate for the WLUT, which has a casual tone. The use of ‘most all’ should be restricted to conversation and informal writing. If this were formal, the LANGUAGE TIPS: GREATER OR MORE, LESS OR FEWER, COUNT NOUNS Tip 1: Greater or more, less or fewer, count nouns and mass nouns A reader writes: I have been working with a junior faculty member and we have different views on when one uses greater than versus more than. For instance: He wrote, “some folks work LANGUAGE TIPS: LASTLY OR FINALLY & FRACTION OR PERCENTAGE Lastly, I cleared off the porch. This is the only way ‘lastly’ is properly used. ‘Finally,’ on the other hand, is much more versatile. Finally can be used like ‘lastly,’ above. After watching the snow all day, I spent some time shoveling my steps. Finally, I cleared offFIRMER/MORE FIRM
These are the traditional rules: When making an adjective comparative (more/er) or superlative (most/est), you determine the correct usage by the number of syllables in the adjective. Adjectives of one syllable use “er” or “est.”. I should have been firmer. He is the tallest man I’ve ever seen. Adjectives of three or moresyllables
SUBMISSION OR SUBMITTAL The correct form is ‘submission.’. The ‘submission’ is the thing that is being tendered while ‘submittal’ refers to the act of submitting or putting something forward. So while we prepare our application for submittal to NIH, the application itself is the submission. Keep in mind that the cover letters that accompany oursubmissions
COMMAS OR SEMICOLON AFTER A COLON About the commas and semicolons after a colon, there is a tendency among many writers to use a series of semicolons after a colon in a list or set of bullet points (maybe because it sounds like colons and semicolons go together) but this is wrong. Commas should be used following the colon in a list EXCEPT when there are internal commas inthe list.
WEEKLY LANGUAGE USAGE TIPS: BROUGHT OR TOOK So, let’s try a more neutral sentence using brought/took. The mail man brought/took the magazines to the homeowner down the street. Here, I would use ‘took’ if the mail man was just doing his job. He stopped at the house next door, and then he took the magazines to the person down the street. I would use ‘brought’ if I wanted to imply UNCOMPARABLE ADJECTIVES July 7, 2011 Weekly Language Usage Tips: The great majority is or are (collective nouns) & uncomparable or absolute adjectives. Posted in absolute adjectives, collective nouns, collective nouns and verb agreement, great majority is/are, uncomparable adjectives LANGUAGE TIPS: A PRIMER OF POSSESSIVES & COMPLEMENT OR Language Tips: A primer of possessives & complement or compliment. Posted in compliment/complement at 5:57 am by dlseltzer. Tip 1: A primer of possessives. As I read your proposals, I see that possessives can be problematic because 1) the rules changed pretty radically around 2000 or 2001, and 2) I suspect that, for some, thereis a lack of
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The use of ‘while’ to show contrast is common and accepted in informal usage. In formal writing, however, ‘while’ should be reserved to show that two or more events occur at the same time. For comparisons and contrasts, ‘whereas’ and ‘although’ should be used instead of ‘while.’. Measurements were taken while thespecimen
MOST ALL | LANGUAGE USAGE WEBLOG The speaker clearly felt that “y’all” referred to a single individual! ‘Most all’ is a colloquialism and, as such, it is appropriate for the WLUT, which has a casual tone. The use of ‘most all’ should be restricted to conversation and informal writing. If this were formal, the LANGUAGE TIPS: GREATER OR MORE, LESS OR FEWER, COUNT NOUNS Tip 1: Greater or more, less or fewer, count nouns and mass nouns A reader writes: I have been working with a junior faculty member and we have different views on when one uses greater than versus more than. For instance: He wrote, “some folks work LANGUAGE TIPS: LASTLY OR FINALLY & FRACTION OR PERCENTAGE Lastly, I cleared off the porch. This is the only way ‘lastly’ is properly used. ‘Finally,’ on the other hand, is much more versatile. Finally can be used like ‘lastly,’ above. After watching the snow all day, I spent some time shoveling my steps. Finally, I cleared offFIRMER/MORE FIRM
These are the traditional rules: When making an adjective comparative (more/er) or superlative (most/est), you determine the correct usage by the number of syllables in the adjective. Adjectives of one syllable use “er” or “est.”. I should have been firmer. He is the tallest man I’ve ever seen. Adjectives of three or moresyllables
SUBMISSION OR SUBMITTAL The correct form is ‘submission.’. The ‘submission’ is the thing that is being tendered while ‘submittal’ refers to the act of submitting or putting something forward. So while we prepare our application for submittal to NIH, the application itself is the submission. Keep in mind that the cover letters that accompany oursubmissions
COMMAS OR SEMICOLON AFTER A COLON About the commas and semicolons after a colon, there is a tendency among many writers to use a series of semicolons after a colon in a list or set of bullet points (maybe because it sounds like colons and semicolons go together) but this is wrong. Commas should be used following the colon in a list EXCEPT when there are internal commas inthe list.
LANGUAGE TIPS: A PRIMER OF POSSESSIVES & COMPLEMENT OR September 10, 2009 Language Tips: A primer of possessives & complement or compliment. Posted in compliment/complement at 5:57 am by dlseltzer. Tip 1: A primer of possessives. As I read your proposals, I see that possessives can be problematic because 1) the rules changed pretty radically around 2000 or 2001, and 2) I suspect that, for some, there is a lack of recognition that a word MOST ALL | LANGUAGE USAGE WEBLOG The speaker clearly felt that “y’all” referred to a single individual! ‘Most all’ is a colloquialism and, as such, it is appropriate for the WLUT, which has a casual tone. The use of ‘most all’ should be restricted to conversation and informal writing. If this were formal, the LANGUAGE TIPS: AFTERWARD OR AFTERWARDS & DISCRETE OR Tip 1: Afterward or afterwards I am going to buy a cup of coffee and afterwards, I am going to read your manuscript. The traffic was heavy, so we barely moved forward. The directions are backwards; you can't get there like that. The sun rose upward and dazzled in WEEKLY LANGUAGE USAGE TIPS: INCLUDE INTO, PASSIVE VOICE February 20, 2014 Weekly Language Usage Tips: Include into, passive voice. Posted in active/passive voice, incude into at 6:17 am by dlseltzer. Tip: Include into, passive voice. A reader writes: This is a question for wlut: LANGUAGE TIPS: LASTLY OR FINALLY & FRACTION OR PERCENTAGE Lastly, I cleared off the porch. This is the only way ‘lastly’ is properly used. ‘Finally,’ on the other hand, is much more versatile. Finally can be used like ‘lastly,’ above. After watching the snow all day, I spent some time shoveling my steps. Finally, I cleared off SUBMISSION OR SUBMITTAL The correct form is ‘submission.’. The ‘submission’ is the thing that is being tendered while ‘submittal’ refers to the act of submitting or putting something forward. So while we prepare our application for submittal to NIH, the application itself is the submission. Keep in mind that the cover letters that accompany oursubmissions
WEEKLY LANGUAGE USAGE TIPS: FACULTY AND COLLECTIVE NOUNS May 10, 2012 Weekly Language Usage Tips: Faculty and collective nouns & nauseated or nauseous. Posted in collective nouns, collective nouns and pronouns, collective nouns and verb agreement, faculty, nauseated and nauseous at 8:23 am by WEEKLY LANGUAGE USAGE TIPS: MANIFEST, TRANSITIVE AND Tip 1: Manifest, transitive and intransitive verbs A reader writes: I wondered if you'd comment on the use of "manifest" as an intransitive verb. "An absolute or relative shortage of circulating, biologically active cortisol often manifests as catecholamine-unresponsive shock." Manifests itself? Is manifested by? Presents with? Let's start withthe basics.
LANGUAGE TIPS: MATCH WITH/TO & TRADEMARKS AND GENERIC TEMS If our trademarks become generic, they could be used by competitors to describe their goods or services. Consider the following now-generic nouns that were once trademarks: Escalator, Linoleum, Kerosene, Cellophane, Thermos, Aspirin, Yo Yo and Bikini. The importance of correct trademark use cannot be emphasized enough. WEEKLY LANGUAGE USAGE TIPS: PUNCTUATION AND FOOTNOTES March 19, 2009 Weekly Language Usage Tips: Punctuation and footnotes & pretentious writing. Posted in footnotes, pretentious writing, Punctuation w/footnotes at 8:32 am by dlseltzer. Sightings: Barthes has further benefited from being translated into English by LANGUAGE USAGE WEBLOG The home for discussions and comments on language, grammar, spelling,and such
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12:06 pm by dlseltzer USING THE RIGHT WORD Over the years, we’ve talked (a lot, okay, A LOT) about writing with precision and clarity—not to mention, grace. In our scientific and medical writing, it is imperative to be transparent and to use the right words to convey our findings. We don’t want there to be any doubt about the information we are trying to share. So how do we findthe perfect word?
First, take your time. If you can’t think of the right word, be patient, step away from your writing, give it a little time. Often, the word you want will come to you if you just give it a little time. Next, avail yourself of the scientific literature. If the word you need is specific to your research area, you may very well find it in a recent journal article covering the same or similar topic. This is especially useful if there is a lot of jargon used in your field. Then, there are the old reliables: your dictionary and your thesaurus. I use both of these multiple times a day. I often want to to double check a meaning or a spelling. I know that I’d rather take a few seconds and check than send out something with an error in it. Finally, there’s google or some other search engine—this often works best when you know part of the word or can at least enter something in the search engine that works as a hint as to what yourword might be.
There you have it. The important thing is being aware of how important it is to use the right word and how to go about finding it. But, this is the holiday season, so here goes: Sometimes, someone using the wrong word gives you a gift. I was at a Moth StorySlam recently. If you aren’t familiar with these, I urge you to look up a podcast—they are a lot of fun. The StorySlam involves someone telling a story on an assigned topic in a certain amount of time. In the one, I went to, competitors had 5 minutes within which to tell their stories. The theme for the event was ‘joy.’ The speaker was talking about a relative being struck down by a disease. I think she meant to say stricken, but, and here is the gift, she told us “her mother was smitten with alzheimer’s.” If any of my loved ones acquires this disease, I certainly hope that they will be smitten, too.MY FAVORITE APP
Since this is a season for giving, I wanted to tell you about my all time favorite app. And, it’s free! Okay. Now what would my favorite app be all about? Does it improve your writing? Nope, not even a little bit. Does it check your grammar? Not at all. Does it correct your spelling? No way. My all time favorite app is put out by the California Academy of Sciences, and its name describes the app in total. It’s called‘Penguins.’
It live streams from the Academy’s penguin habitat, which is the home to about 15 – 20 African Penguins (they are the little ones).That’s it.
There are three cameras; one is high def, and one is underwater. You can watch the penguins eating, playing, diving, and swimming. Watching the little guys interacting is such a treat. I manage to find a couple of minutes every day to tune in and see what the penguins are up to. Right now, it’s not completely light, and the guys are wandering around, probably waiting to be fed. I defy anyone not to feel a little bit better, to feel that life is not a little bit sunnier after spending sometime with these AfricanPenguins.
I have the app on my iPhone, iPad, and iPad Pro. I don’t know which size I like best, but what’s really great is that I can let them play on one device while I am working on another. The app is available for all operating systems, and as I said, it’s free, but an occasional donation to the Academy to keep the penguins fed is always welcome. It’s kind of a zen, meditative thing for me. When things get kind of crazy and out of hand, a few minutes with the penguins brings me the calm and peacefulness that I’m seeking. Fun for the whole family—for kids of all ages.Happy Holidays!
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