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A CCORDING to the reports of examiners for medical degrees, many students seem unable to write an essay or thesis exhibiting any literary quality and style. The fault is not entirely that of the candidates. Whatever subjects they may have learnt at school, the writing of their own language has, in general, not been one of them. Even during their university career the use of the written English language, except as a machine for taking notes or answering examination questions, has not formed any regular part of their course.
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The Cultivation of Lucidity in Scientific Writing 1 . Nature 87, 465 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/087465b0
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