There is one phrase that you should leave out of your manuscripts:
This phrase repeatedly comes up in the papers we edit and our editors always delete it or change it.
I’ll explain why we suggest you should avoid using these words in this blog post and provide some useful alternatives to help you improve your scientific writing.
"The results showed” is often unnecessary
It is usually obvious you are talking about your results. Take a look at the examples below:
or
In many cases, it is not necessary to use the phrase “the results showed”, as in the example above. Deleting this phrase makes the writing more concise and professional, especially if the phrase is used many times in the same paper.
The word “results” is uninformative
Secondly, ‘results’ does not provide any information, and this word can often be changed to tell the reader something useful about the methods or analysis. For example:
or
The edited text in this example is much more informative that the unedited example. Using this approach can remind your reader of the different analyses you used and also makes the text much clearer.
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