Journal of Japanese Society of Stoma Rehabilitation
Online ISSN : 2436-8806
Print ISSN : 0916-6440
ELEMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE WRITING OF A SCIENTIFIC PAPER 2. WRITING MANNERS
Katsuhisa Shindo
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1995 Volume 11 Issue 2 Pages 1-5

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 A good research paper requires effective scientific expression of a subject; that is,construction of intelligent,informative,and understandable sentences that use the right terminology,punctuation and grammar. Ambiguous and metaphysical expressions,and brash coinage of words should be avoided. A fundamental sentence,which is composed of the subject,the object,and the predicate,is often obscure in Japanese writing. Likewise,conjunctions,especially post positional words which function as an auxiliary to a sentence,have a vaguer parallel in papers written in Japanese. The writer should be careful to use commas,quotationn marks and other punctuation correctly,as this creates coherence and clarity. Idioms should be avoided in formal writing,and correct usage of conceptual words should be adhered. Finally,the writer should also take care when typing the finished paper so that words are not misused. Thankfuly,word processors and other computer programs can detect grammatical errors and can correct the content in minimal time for English but not yet for Japenese.
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