Peculiarities of style of scientific publications in English.

2. The simplest rule for author should be: follow what you see in print. Council of Biology Editors. Writing texts for scientific journals has nothing common with literary works. In scientific text one is not permitted to use epithets, metaphors, allegories and other techniques characteristic to literary works. A style of scientific text in English (and in Russian) noticeably differs from a style of literary works, and also from a style of articles or short notes in the mass media, that is in newspapers and usual (nonscientific) journals. The style of scientific publications – is a formal style (formal English), for which the following peculiarities are typical: Use formal synonyms or words close by meaning. For example, instead of phrasal verbs (that is verb plus preposition) it is preferable to use more formal verbs, which often have Latin roots. Some of them are listed below. help out – assist – помочьset up – establish – установитьgo up – increase – увеличитьcut down – reduce – сократитьfind out – discover – открытьget rid of – eliminate – исключатьlook into – investigate – исследоватьbring up – investigate – исследоватьgo up and down – fluctuate – флуктуироватьbring about – cause – вызыватьdo over – repeat – повторять The standard order of sentence until there appear a need to change it (The cat sat on a mat). For example, if you have already written about the mat then it is better to write: On the mat sat a cat.

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