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Choosing voice and style
The writer’s voice is who readers hear talking when they read your content. The style or tone is the feelings and attitudes you convey in your writing. -
constitute
See compose, comprise, constitute -
consumer, patient
consumer: a person who is receiving health care assistance for any reason (ie including people who are not actually unwell, such as a person having a baby -
contagious
See communicable, contagious, infectious, infective, noncommunicable, transmissible -
contamination, pollution
contamination: a hazardous substance such as a toxin, disease agent or radioactive material; exposure of an individual or the environment to such a substance; i -
continual, continuous
continual: frequently repeated People taking warfarin need continual monitoring. continuous: continuing without a break Nicotine patches allow continuo -
continuous
See continual, continuous -
convergence, homology, vestigiality
convergence: commonness in structures that have evolved independently. -
criteria, criterion
Criteria is the plural of criterion. -
criterion
See criteria, criterion -
cull, destroy, euthanase, kill, sacrifice, slaughter
These terms all refer to killing animals. -
Writing clear paragraphs
Learn how sentences and paragraphs relate to each other so you can present your ideas logically. -
cultivar, hybrid, variety, plant variety
cultivar: a plant that has been bred for particular characteristics hybrid: a plant that has been derived by cross-breeding of 2 plants of different species -
data, datum
Data is the plural of datum. -
datum
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destroy
See cull, destroy, euthanase, kill, sacrifice, slaughter -
different from, different than, different to
These 3 expressions have the same meaning, but different from is the most common in Australian, British and American English. -
different than
See different from, different than, different to -
different to
See different from, different than, different to -
disease
See condition, disease, disorder, illness, syndrome -
disorder
See condition, disease, disorder, illness, syndrome -
dose, dosage, dosage form, dosage regimen
dose: the amount of substance administered at one time The patient was given a dose of 500 mg of paracetamol. dosage: the amount and rate of administ -
Using parallel structure
Parallel structure means that you use the same pattern of words in similar circumstances, and there is no ‘odd one out’. -
dosage
See dose, dosage, dosage form, dosage regimen -
dosage form
See dose, dosage, dosage form, dosage regimen