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Chapter 4: Elements of style

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Chapter 4: Elements of style

Alessandro N. Vargas (ORCID )

Pages: 51-77

First published: 20 March 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.63408/979-8-9928364-0-0_4

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This chapter outlines strategies to improve academic writing by enhancing clarity, impact, and flow. It emphasizes the importance of topic and stress positions in structuring sentences to organize information and guide readers’ attention. Common issues, such as nominalizations in topic positions, prepositional phrases, or as objects and adjectives, are examined. The chapter also discusses techniques for smooth transitions by linking stress positions to subsequent topics and maintaining cohesion. Finally, the chapter offers methods for rewriting convoluted sentences, removing redundancies, and ensuring proper emphasis.


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Book Chapter Title
Generative AI in Scientific Writing: Opportunities and Ethical Challenges 		Series Title
Rockefeller Series in Science and Technology 		Author
Alessandro N. Vargas
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The Author(s) under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). 		Series ISSN (online)
3067-0667 		ISBN (eBook)
979-8-9928364-0-0
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https://doi.org/10.63408/979-8-9928364-0-0_4		 Publisher
Rockefeller Publishing Co

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Alessandro N. Vargas (2025). Chapter 4: Elements of style. In: Alessandro N. Vargas (Eds.), Generative AI in Scientific Writing: Opportunities and Ethical Challenges (pp. 51-77), vol. 1, Rockefeller Series in Science and Technology, Rockefeller Publishing Co, New York, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.63408/979-8-9928364-0-0_4

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  • • Alessandro N. Vargas is a full Professor at UTFPR, Brazil. Since 2023 he has been a research scientist in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. He got his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. He spent a year as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, Spain, from 2014 to 2015. He has served as a Visiting Professor at Arizona State University (ASU), USA, and a Visiting Professor at the Politecnico di Milano (Polimi), Italy. He is currently serving as Associate Editor of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics and the International Journal of Systems Science (Taylor and Francis). He is a former Editor of the Journal of The Franklin Institute (Elsevier) and IET Signal Processing (Wiley). His main research includes Control Systems, Electronics, and Mechatronics. Contact: avargas@utfpr.edu.br

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