The usage of passive voice in medical journal articles
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Authors, editors, publishers as well as English teachers have a choice about the role of the passive voice in their publications, and there is considerable debate about what that role should be. On one side of the debate is the argument that medical writers should minimize use of the passive voice because it is less clear, less forceful, and more verbose than active voice alternatives. The opposing argument is that the passive voice should be the predominant style of most types of medical writing because the passive voice reflects the objectivity of the scientific method.
Passive voice, predominant style, medical writing, objectivity of the scientific method, median frequency, avoiding responsibility, majhul nisbat, afzal uslub, tibbiy maqolalar, ilmiy uslubning ob'ektivligi, o'rtacha foydalanish, javobgarlikdan bosh tortish
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IDR: 14125460 | DOI: 10.24411/2181-0443/2020-10108
Текст обзорной статьи The usage of passive voice in medical journal articles
TIBBIYOT MAQOLALARIDA MAJHUL NISBAT QO’LLANISHI (ADABIYOTLAR SHARHI)
Mualliflar, muharrirlar, noshirlar va ingliz tili o'qituvchilari orasida majhul nisbatning grammatik kategoriyasining roli va uning tibbiy ilmiy xarakterdagi maqolalarni yozishda ishlatilishi haqidagi tortishuvlar va munozaralar so'nmaydi. Bahslarning bir tomoni tibbiy mualliflar majhul nisbat fe'llarni kamroq ishlatishlari kerak, chunki ular faol alternativaga qaraganda o'quvchi uchun kamroq tushunarli va verbal bo'lib qoladi. Ushbu pozitsiyaning muxoliflari tibbiy maqolalarni ingliz tilida yozishda majhul nisbatda fe'llardan foydalanish afzal deb ta'kidlaydilar, chunki bu ilmiy uslubning ob'ektivligini aks ettiradi.
Kalit suzlar: majhul nisbat, afzal uslub, tibbiy maqolalar, ilmiy uslubning ob'ektivligi, o'rtacha foydalanish, javobgarlikdan bosh tortish.
Introduction . The subject of “English in Medicine” in the curriculum of medical students includes a great deal of practice in reading and writing professional articles. Students of 2-3 courses used to write reports and prepare presentations; students of Master’s course have to write special medical articles for publication them in medical journals in the beginning of their professional and scientific careers. A lot of time at English lessons is dedicated to the reading and writing medical articles. During my teaching the subject of “English in Medicine” it was noted that understanding medical articles by the students was significantly complicated and inhibited by the verbs in Passive Voice. Fortunately, having obtained more experience in reading such kind of articles, future doctors become capable to feel and analyse the usage of verbs in Passive Voice in medical scientific style.
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