Ian Scott introduced me to a new word “paraprosdokian’ — “a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.” Wikipedia adds: “It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, […]
Category: Writing for Publication
An update on registering clinical trials: does it help?
Ana Marusic is a devoted contributor to WAME (and co-editor of the Journal of Global Health). She recently posted a link to a paper in which she was a co-author that deals with the completeness and changes in registered data regarding RCTs. Although there are few RCTs in injury prevention (too few) the findings are […]