Notes on the Composition of Scientific PapersMacmillan and Company, limited; New York, The Macmillan Company, 1904 - 154 strán (strany) |
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abstract adjective adverb alliteration argument assonance become beginning better candidate for M.D. chapter clauses comma common composition convenient correct deflexion disease doubt effective emphasis emphatic empyema Encyclopædia Britannica English entity error essay essayist example facts false following sentence frequent give grammar hand Henry Sidgwick hypothesis instance kind Lady Welby language Latin less logical long sentence loose lucid matter Matthew Arnold meaning metaphor mind nature nosological notion noun noun substantive observed pains paragraph pedantry period periodic sentence person phrases physician poetry precision pronoun proper proposition quotations rarely reader redundant revision rhythm scarcely scientific papers scientific prose seems seen semicolon sense Sir Thomas Browne slang slips slovenly speak speech Split Infinitive stops student style Subjunctive mood suspensions tautology tell theory thesis things thought tion truth vera causa verb vide watercress words write written
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