Offered by Prof. Babatunde A. Ogunnaike; organized by Yu Luo; last updated: 2021-03-06
| Description | ❌ | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| "Approach to" | approach to identify the effect | approach to identifying the effect |
| Article | such task | such a task |
| ... are glycosylated with glycan M8 inside endoplasmic reticulum | ... are glycosylated with glycan M8 inside the endoplasmic reticulum | |
| the usage of finite difference method | the usage of the finite difference method | |
| We only need steady-state glycan profile | We only need the steady-state glycan profile | |
| Conditions in fed-batch process are different from ... | Conditions in the fed-batch process are different from ... | |
| 12 out of total 15 data sets | 12 out of a total of 15 data sets | |
| ... identify effect of ... | ... identify the effect of ... | |
| The mesenchymal PDAC tumors are considered ... | Mesenchymal PDAC tumors are considered ... | |
| The goal is to develop a strategy for realizing the EMT inhibition | The goal is to develop a strategy for realizing EMT inhibition | |
| We obtained the time series data of the response of ... | We obtained time series data of the response of ... | |
| from the experiments conducted at the University of Virginia | from experiments conducted at the University of Virginia | |
| a reduced-order model based on the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) | a reduced-order model based on proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) | |
| in the Materials and Methods | in the Materials and Methods section | |
| "Compare to/with" | He compared children with young trees, both still growing and able to be shaped | He compared children to young trees, both still growing and able to be shaped |
| Individual schools compared their facilities to those of others in the area | Individual schools compared their facilities with those of others in the area | |
| a 2% increase in galactosylation compared to those grown in non-supplemented cultures | a 2% increase in galactosylation compared with those grown in non-supplemented cultures | |
| Plural | ... the dynamics was assumed ... compared with that of ... | ... the dynamics were assumed ... compared with those of ... |
| Preposition | ... approximates a system of PDEs as a series of systems of ODEs | ... approximates a system of PDEs with a series of systems of ODEs |
| ... were added in the culture | ... were added to the culture | |
| ... make predictions against new conditions | ... make predictions under new conditions | |
| contribution of predicting process dynamics | contribution to overall model prediction | |
| ... corrects the process/model mismatch | ... corrects for the process/model mismatch | |
| setpoints on the bioreactor | setpoints for the bioreactor | |
| runtime error of the code | runtime error in the code | |
| actuators of the outer loop | actuators in the outer loop | |
| in this stage | at this stage | |
| in the initial experiment | during the initial experiment | |
| In our latest experiment, that procedure was replaced | For our latest experiment, that procedure was replaced | |
| the effects from | the effects of | |
| ... used throughout the study | ... used in the study | |
| "Resulted/resulting" | the resulted distribution | the resulting distribution |
| Description | ❌ | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| Adverb placement | We can readily extend the model to ... | We can extend the model readily to ... |
| without structurally changing the model | without changing the model structurally | |
| ... cannot accurately predict the process outputs | ... cannot predict the process outputs accurately | |
| We therefore simulate ... | Therefore, we simulate ... | |
| We first used ... | First, we used ... | |
| We again followed ... | Again, we followed ... | |
| The NRMSE value, however, is ... | However, the NRMSE value is ... | |
| ... is separately calculated for each ... | ... is calculated separately for each ... | |
| ... to the Golgi apparatus where it directly inhibits FucT | ... to the Golgi apparatus where it inhibits FucT directly | |
| Anthropomorphism | Figure 4 superimposes the model prediction and measurements | Figure 4 shows the model prediction superimposed on measurements |
| Figure 6 plots ... | Figure 6 is a plot of ... | |
| Figure 8 plots ... | Figure 6 shows a plot of ... | |
| Table 3 lists ... | Table 3 shows ... | |
| The validation process can complete within a reasonable timeframe | The validation process can be completed within a reasonable timeframe | |
| "As well as" | Copper has been shown to affect lactate metabolism and increase oxidative phosphorylation as well as shifting glycosylation profiles. | Copper has been shown to affect lactate metabolism, increase oxidative phosphorylation, and shift glycosylation profiles. |
| "For/since/because" | ... that captures the effect of media ... in a CHO cell culture process, for media composition has been shown to affect ... | ... that captures the effect of media ... in a CHO cell culture process since media composition has been shown to affect ... |
| Future tense in scientific writing | We will introduce more ... | We plan to introduce more ... |
| "Include" | The manipulated variables include feed rate and temperature [1] | The manipulated variables are feed rate and temperature |
| Split infinitive | to quantitatively capture such effects | to capture such effects quantitatively |
| "That/which" | This structurally simple model that approximates ... is used to ... | This structurally simple model, which approximates ..., is used to ... |
| Verb | We followed a ... strategy | We developed a ... strategy |
| We simulated ... | We tested ... in simulation |
[1]: "Include" implies that there are more manipulated variables not listed.
Can you please also add an example for the correct usage of 'compared to'?