Choosing and using verbs

Abstract

Choosing precise, vivid verbs improves the clarity and enhances the style of medical writing. Ideally, writers should use precise, vivid verbs in medical writing and other genres. Moreover, employing active voice or passive voice has important implications for meaning as well as style. Editing techniques such as analyzing the use of the verb “to be,” phrasal verbs, and passive voice and learning field-specific vocabulary help medical writers to use verbs effectively in their writing.

Keywords

• writing
• medical writing
• medical manuscript
• periodicals as topic