Abstract
Ceylon Medical Journal (CMJ) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal published quarterly by the Sri Lanka Medical Association in the last week of March, June, September and December each year. The mission of the CMJ is to promote the science and art of medicine and betterment of public health. The Journal publishes original papers and commentaries which have relevance to medicine and allied sciences. The CMJ is committed to maintaining and conforming to the editorial and ethical standards recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
Highlights
Assistant Editors Dennis Aloysius MBBS, FCGP D N Atukorala MD, FRCP Damani de Silva MD, MRCPsych Harendra de Silva FRCP, MSc Ranjan Dias MS, FRCS Saman Gunatilake MD, FRCP Kolitha Sellahewa MD, FCCP Nimal Senanayake MD, FRCP Harshalal R Seneviratne DM, FRCOG Tissa Vitarana MD, PhD V Wanigasekera MRCP, FRCA
In the March 2002 issue of the CMJ (1) I made some general observations on verbosity, giving several examples of this malady, and emphasised the need to be precise and to avoid superfluous words
I have not seen a more succinct bit of advice on the appropriate use of adjectives and adverbs than the following paragraph, which I have quoted in my March 2002 article
Summary
In the March 2002 issue of the CMJ (1) I made some general observations on verbosity, giving several examples of this malady, and emphasised the need to be precise and to avoid superfluous words. Classifying verbosity into its commoner varieties may help to focus our attention better on them
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