Grammar and syntax make their MOOC debut in course taught by Stanford scientist

October 8, 2012

Stanford medical faculty member Kristin Sainani launches an online science-writing class. Kristin Sainani is teaching her ‘Writing in the Sciences’ course online for the first time this fall.

Here’s a really bad sentence: “This paper provides a review of the basic tenets of cancer biology study design, using as examples studies that illustrate the methodologic challenges or that demonstrate successful solutions to the difficulties inherent in biological research.”

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