Link words

Les mots de liaison sont souvent utilisés dans la partieDiscussion. Ils servent à la structurer, à présenter le raisonnement qui sous-tend l’argumentation, et à situer l’étude dans l’ensemble des connaissances scientifiques sur le sujet.

Ex. Because patients had a wash-out period of 2 to 4 weeks, we could not completely rule out the possibility that his wash-out period had an impact on disease severity. (reasoning)

Ex. To measure these, disease-specific instruments can be used, whereas generic quality-of-life instruments enable comparisons with other groups. (structure > contrast)

Exercise

Put the words in the right order to form coherent sentences typical of the Discussion section (the capital of the first word is shown).

1. is smoking that outcomes had unlikely It on an effect

2. the with Given be results must caution the interpreted limitations

3. are literature findings with in the our Importantly data consistent the

4. due The groups between could the to differences been missing data therefore have

5. stroke more People with blood pressure to have high likely were

Correction

1. It is unlikely that smoking had an effect on outcomes.

2. Given the limitations, the results must be interpreted with caution.

3. Importantly, our findings are consistent with the data in the literature.

4. The differences between the groups could therefore have been due to missing data.

5. People with high blood pressure were more likely to have stroke.