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SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING
ACTIVE VOICE
e.g.
Our team collected samples and then we tested them.
CLICKBAIT VOICE
e.g.
We collected some samples...
You won't believe what happened next!
PASSIVE VOICE
e.g.
Samples were collected and tested.
HAIKU VOICE
e.g.
Quiet science lab.
Workers arrive with samples.
The testing begins.
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE
e.g. We did all the collecting and testing.
No need to thank us.
Just doing our job.
CONSPIRACY VOICE
e.g.
Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
28.04.2025 10:09
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ARWA 2025 | Association for Reading and Writing in Asia
Announcement for #ARWA2025 presenters: An updated deadline has been released for submission of your manuscript to the ARWA 2025 Special Issue of Reading and Writing Journal.
Please make sure to submit your manuscript by **May 15 2025**
www.arwasia.org/arwa-2025
22.04.2025 09:21
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Heritability = one of the most commonly confused concepts in public (mis)understanding of genetics. Let’s break it down.
Imagine studying a cohort of people in a specific set of environmental circumstances. You assess everyone for an observable trait & find it varies from one person to another. 🧪1/5
09.03.2025 10:58
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Interesting… Must be competition between VWFA and FFA.
02.01.2025 04:09
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Assistant professorship (W1) of Education Sciences and Psychology
Please repost! We are hiring an assistant professor (W1) of Educational Psychology. We are looking forward to working with you!!
uni-tuebingen.de/en/faculties...
16.12.2024 17:08
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A very touching and thoughtful piece on having choices in the face of grave illness. I feel lucky that I got to know Colin Blakemore during his time in Hong Kong. He made a lasting impression on me.
14.12.2024 10:49
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I am looking for a PhD candidate interested in the genetics of language 🧬🧠🗨️ Get in touch if interested or please share with others who might be www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
10.12.2024 15:14
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If you have a PhD with background in behavioral genetics and are interested in a postdoc in Hong Kong, then please see below. Please contact me for further information by Dec 21, 2024.
Thanks to @drelsje.bsky.social for promoting. @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social
11.12.2024 09:03
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“Samichlaus” (Swiss Santa) made it to Hong Kong
07.12.2024 15:35
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