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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Medical & Dental Studies

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00Could you please tell me if these sentences are correct and clear enough? Some of them are not about medical English but please don’t be mad all of these are from my letter for veterinary medicine school. Thank you very much for your attention and forbearance 05002br
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01i00I completed research investigating influence of training on energy metabolism of the 01b00horse’s02b00 erythrocyte and its antioxidant system.02i00 (or should be - horse erythrocyte?]02br
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00This is a title and beginning of my letter:02br
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01i00‘It is all because of the love of horses …’02i02br
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01i00A rewarding career in equine physiology has been my lifetime dream and aspiration. It has always been a goal for me to work with 01b00and for02b00 one of the most magnificent creatures in the world.02i00 –[With this sentence I meant that through my study I will gain knowledge about horse physiology and I will be able to improve the welfare of the wellbeing of these animals, so this way I would 01b00work for horses 02b00- Am I right?]02br
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0I don't know about the horses' erythrocyte or horse erythrocyte issue (you probably need someone with a scientific background) but I can tell you that it should the investigating 01b00the02b00 influence of training...02br
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00the 'with and for' part makes perfect sense.0-
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0 You could say "equine erythrocytes and antioxidant systems", which might be better in a scientific context.0-
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0Thank you both for your replies. 05002br
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0I think you can fine tune the beginning of your letter like this.02br
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00I completed the reaseach investigating the effects of horse's physical training on its erythrocyte energy metabolism and antioxidant system.02br
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00It seems that your use of influence in a research context is inappropriate as the word influence signals a bit of bias towards a
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0Hello Sunil, 02br
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00thank you very much for your advice. I like the sentence you wrote and I think I am going to use it. You are right about the word ‘influence’ and I am aware of its meaning but in my essay I already 00 00have a sentence in which I used the word ‘effect’ (one above the one I posted). So, I was trying to find other one which has the same or near
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The word "influence" does not, in any way, indicate a positive outcome. Your use of "influence" in context is perfectly acceptable. ". . . the influence of training . . . ." could be negative or positive. Who would know without reading further?

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