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Wording Tips & Substitutions

Instead of... Use...
1 time per week
"meet one time per week..."
once a week
"meet once a week..."
additionally
"Additionally, we will..."
also
"Also, we will..."
approximately
"approximately one day..."
about
"about one hour..."
ask questions
"ask questions about..."
ask
"ask about..."
assess
"assess your response..."
check
"check your response..."
assigned
"assinged a number..."
given
"given a number..."
cognitive assessment mental tests
collaborators
"collaborators from the lab..."
persons
"persons from the lab..."
compensated
"you will be compensated..."
paid
"you will be paid..."
consume
"consume food..."
eat
"eat food..."
consume
"consume alcohol..."

drink
"drink alcohol..."

demonstrate
"demonstrate the effects..."
show
"show the effects..."
determine
"determine whether..."
find out
"find out whether..."
disorder
"your disorder..."
illness
"your illness..."
dispense
"we will dispense..."
give
"we will give..."
e.g. for example
evaluate
"evaluate the effect..."
test
"test the effect..."
expire
"expire air..."
breathe out
"breathe out air..."
following
"following this..."
after
"after this..."
further
"further information..."
more
"more information..."
i.e. that is
images
"x-ray images..."
pictures
"x-ray pictures..."
inform
"inform you..."
tell
"tell you..."
insert
"insert a needle..."
put...in
"put a needle in..."
inspire
"inspire a gas..."
breathe in
"breathe in a gas..."
management
"management of disease..."
treatment
"treatment of disease..."
occasionally
"occarionally, you will..."
sometimes
"sometimes, you will..."
participate
"participate in a study..."
be in
"be in a study..."
portion
"portion of the test..."
part
"part of the test..."
prior to
"prior to the test..."
before
"before the test..."
progress
"disease will progress..."
get worse
"your disease may get worse..."
provide
"provide you with..."
give
"we will give..."
sampled
"blood will be sampled..."
taken
"blood will be taken..."
speculate
"we speculate that..."
think
"we think that..."
subsequent course
"subsequent course of..."
your health
"your health after the study..."
subside
"pain should subside..."
go away
"pain should go away..."
transient
"transient pain..."
brief
"brief pain..."
utilize
"utilize oxygen..."
use
"use oxygen..."

 


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