Foreword Tim Albert
Preface
Part I. Problem: The Illness: 1. Introduction
2. The malaise of medical manuscripts
3. The difficulties of English as an additional language (EAL)
Part II. Solution: Symptomatic Relief: 4. Technology, changing language, and authority
5. Guidelines to clearer writing
6. Spelling
7. Is there a better word?
8. Superfluous words
9. Imprecise words
10. Superfluous phrases
11. Trouble with short words
12. Use of the passive voice
13. Consistency: number and tenses
14. Word order
15. Punctuation
16. Circumlocution
17. Words and parts of speech for EAL writers
18. Clichés and article titles
19. Constructing sentences
20. Further help with sentences for EAL writers
21. Drawing clear graphs
22. It can be done
Part III. Practice: Recuperation: 23. Exercises
Appendix: British-American English
References and further reading
Index.
