TY - JOUR AU - Kristin Messuri PY - 2016/01/02 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Choosing and using verbs JF - The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles JA - The Chronicles VL - 4 IS - 13 SE - Scientific Writing DO - UR - https://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/244 AB - Choosing precise, vivid verbs improves the clarity and enhances the style of medicalwriting. Ideally, writers should use precise, vivid verbs in medical writing and other genres.Moreover, employing active voice or passive voice has important implications for meaningas well as style. Editing techniques such as analyzing the use of the verb “to be,” phrasalverbs, and passive voice and learning field-specific vocabulary help medical writers to useverbs effectively in their writing. ER -