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Arkansas Tech Writing, 15th Edition, Carl Brucker Jun 2026

Arkansas Tech Writing, 15th Edition, Carl Brucker

ATU Faculty OER Books and Materials

This is the fifteenth edition of a text that was first published in 1989 as Assignments and Models for English 2053.

Carl Brucker is a Professor of English in the Department of English and World Languages at Arkansas Tech University, where he has taught technical writing and American literature since 1984. This text includes assignments, examples, and images supplied by Tech professors and staff members.


Writing And Publishing Scientific Articles: Course Workbook, Editing Services, Research Medical Library (Formerly Scientific Publications) Jan 2025

Writing And Publishing Scientific Articles: Course Workbook, Editing Services, Research Medical Library (Formerly Scientific Publications)

Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles: Course Workbook

No abstract provided.


The Syntax Of Sports Class 7: Information Flow, Patrick Barry Jan 2025

The Syntax Of Sports Class 7: Information Flow, Patrick Barry

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What can sports fans who start “the wave” at a big stadium teach us about getting people to speak up in class or at an important meeting? What can the poet Maya Angelou and the boxer Joe Louis teach us about streamlining sentences and paragraphs? And how exactly do we get our ideas to flow in powerfully persuasive ways? Explore these and other questions in the seventh volume of The Syntax of Sports, a series based on the innovative and highly interdisciplinary courses Professor Patrick Barry teaches at the University of Michigan.


Avoiding Common Pitfalls In Medical Writing: An Editor’S Advice, Deanna Erin Conners Oct 2024

Avoiding Common Pitfalls In Medical Writing: An Editor’S Advice, Deanna Erin Conners

Milne Open Textbooks

Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Medical Writing is a useful companion text to comprehensive style guides for the biomedical sciences. This book walks authors through best practices for writing scientific papers and grant proposals in a concise and accessible format. Authors and teachers worldwide will benefit from these shared insights of an experienced scientific editor.

Read this book online at: https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/medical-writing/


“Alternate” Vs. “Alternative”, Research Medical Library May 2024

“Alternate” Vs. “Alternative”, Research Medical Library

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“Wait On” Or “Wait For”, Research Medical Library Apr 2024

“Wait On” Or “Wait For”, Research Medical Library

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“Principal” Vs. “Principle”, Research Medical Library Mar 2024

“Principal” Vs. “Principle”, Research Medical Library

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Sacrificed, Killed, Or Euthanized, Amy Ninetto Feb 2024

Sacrificed, Killed, Or Euthanized, Amy Ninetto

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Syntax Of Sports Class 6: Drafting And Editing, Patrick Barry Jan 2024

Syntax Of Sports Class 6: Drafting And Editing, Patrick Barry

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How do you start a piece of writing? How do you edit one? And what can be done to combat those pesky—and paralyzing—feelings of perfectionism that often derail our most important sentences and paragraphs?

This sixth volume of the Syntax of Sports series creatively uses the language of baseball, football, tennis, and many other sports to explore these questions. Based on a popular course at the University of Michigan, it captures the energy, originality, and discipline - crossing insights that make its author, Professor Patrick Barry, such a sought-after teacher and presenter.


Approximately, About, Around, Research Medical Library Jan 2024

Approximately, About, Around, Research Medical Library

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Pacific Writing: College Writing For Pacific's Core 2 Seminar, Eric Sonstroem Jan 2024

Pacific Writing: College Writing For Pacific's Core 2 Seminar, Eric Sonstroem

Pacific Open Texts

Core 2 is Pacific's new reading, critical thinking, and writing-instruction seminar for first- or second-year students. All sections will include some common elements, like reading long-form narrative prose and writing instruction, and all sections will feature expository, thesis-driven writing in response to the course readings. Sections are taught by a variety of faculty from across the university.


"Anytime" Vs "Any Time", Bryan Tutt Dec 2023

"Anytime" Vs "Any Time", Bryan Tutt

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"Although" And "Though", Ann Sutton Nov 2023

"Although" And "Though", Ann Sutton

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Ultrasonography Vs Ultrasound, Ashli Villarreal Oct 2023

Ultrasonography Vs Ultrasound, Ashli Villarreal

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Heterogeneous Vs Heterogenous, Research Medical Library Sep 2023

Heterogeneous Vs Heterogenous, Research Medical Library

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Risk Factor Vs. Cause, Don Norwood Aug 2023

Risk Factor Vs. Cause, Don Norwood

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Predominate Vs Predominant, Amy Ninetto Jul 2023

Predominate Vs Predominant, Amy Ninetto

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“Toxicity” Vs. “Toxic Effect”: Which Is Better?, Sunita Patterson Jun 2023

“Toxicity” Vs. “Toxic Effect”: Which Is Better?, Sunita Patterson

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When To Use “Survival,” “Survival Time,” And “Survival Rate”, Research Medical Library May 2023

When To Use “Survival,” “Survival Time,” And “Survival Rate”, Research Medical Library

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Avoiding Vague Modifiers, Laura Russell Apr 2023

Avoiding Vague Modifiers, Laura Russell

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Good Vs Well, Laura Russell Mar 2023

Good Vs Well, Laura Russell

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The Syntax Of Sports Class 5: Rhetorical Repetition, Patrick Barry Jan 2023

The Syntax Of Sports Class 5: Rhetorical Repetition, Patrick Barry

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Here are some of the words that the people who have attended Patrick Barry's classes and workshops have used to describe his unique, multidisciplinary approach to teaching writing:

"Fantastic"
"Phenomenal"
"Very engaging and informative:
"Incredibly useful
"Full of practical lessons for both my career and life generally"

This fifth book in his Syntax of Sports series gives you a chance to experience his creative (and capacious) mind for yourself. Whether you've already read the previous four books in the series or are trying one out for the very first time, you're in for quite the educational treat.


The Write Stuff - Winter 2023 (Vol. 20, No. 1), Research Medical Library Jan 2023

The Write Stuff - Winter 2023 (Vol. 20, No. 1), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2023

  • Protected health information
  • Literature reviews: Which type should I write?
  • Finding examples of funded NIH applications
  • New NIH policy for data management and sharing now in effect
  • Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Person-first language


"Transplantation" Or "Transplant": The Ins And Outs Of Correct Usage, Stephanie Deming Dec 2022

"Transplantation" Or "Transplant": The Ins And Outs Of Correct Usage, Stephanie Deming

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With Regard To “Regarding”, Sarah Bronson Nov 2022

With Regard To “Regarding”, Sarah Bronson

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Shall We Talk About Using “Will” And “Shall” In Scientific Writing?, Joe Munch Nov 2022

Shall We Talk About Using “Will” And “Shall” In Scientific Writing?, Joe Munch

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How To Manage The Use Of “Managing Patients” Vs. “Managing Disease”, Ann Sutton Oct 2022

How To Manage The Use Of “Managing Patients” Vs. “Managing Disease”, Ann Sutton

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Who's Curious About The Correct Use Of "Who" And "Whom"?, Ashli Villarreal Oct 2022

Who's Curious About The Correct Use Of "Who" And "Whom"?, Ashli Villarreal

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Should You Have Used "Would Have" Or "Would Of"?, Bryan Tutt Sep 2022

Should You Have Used "Would Have" Or "Would Of"?, Bryan Tutt

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"Synergism" And "Synergy": Are They Synonyms?, Sunita Patterson Aug 2022

"Synergism" And "Synergy": Are They Synonyms?, Sunita Patterson

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No abstract provided.