Voice Choice
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MATERIALS SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE A tenure-track position in Materials Science is available. The Materials Science Program at Delaware is an interdepartmental degreegranting graduate program (M.S. and Ph.D.). The appointment is in the Department of Chemical Engineering and may be filled at any level. Preference will be given to candidates with research interests in technologically advanced materials. Duties include the teaching of undergraduate and graduate courses in materials and the development of a strong independent research program. Teaching in the area of specific materials expertise and in thermodynamics is expected. Materials research and teaching programs at Delaware include all major classes of materials. Additional resources and interactions are available with the Institute of Energy Conversion (photovoltaic materials), the Center for Composite Materials and the Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, all of which have large block funding. Applicants should send resume, list of publications, a brief summary of research avenues, and names and addresses of three references to: Prof. Jerold M. Schultz, Chairman, Materials Science Program, Colburn Lab, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, Newark, DE19716 by June 15,1988. The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer which encourages applications from qualified minority groups and women.
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Voice Choice How is an article for scientific publication written? In such writing, a style of prose comprising constructions around intransitive verbs and verbs of passive voice is typically chosen. An impression of detached objectivity is thus conveyed. Whereas an impression of pseudo-intellectual affectation may be given to the lay reader, both credibility and humility are added for the technically aware. Active voice, if used at all, is confined to third-person, inanimate subjects. Also, superlatives are often understated by authors (except in some publications where the obligatory word "first" must adorn the abstract and first paragraph). Without the measured, low-key, matter-of-fact style, an impression of emotional subjectivity and pomposity would surely result. How do we learn this? We imitate this style in the literature. Our professors and senior co-authors teach it to us informally. Courses and texts on scientific writing even give us a rationale to choose the detached voice. They e
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