English Grammar and Style

In this issue

•	We continue Michael Schneir's fascinating series on distractions in medical and scientific writing, this time concentrating on non-pronoun-induced backtracking with adverbs, verbs, and nouns. This sounds a little fearsome, but the concepts are straightforward and, as ever, Michael gives us elegant solutions.
•	Sirisha Bulusu provides sound advice on the preparation of congress abstracts. This will be followed up by a second part in our next issue.

Leventhal P, Reeves A. Help, I can't shorten my abstract! Oh yes you can (Part 1 of 2). Medical Writing 2012;21(3):239–242.
Leventhal P, Reeves A. Help, I can't shorten my abstract! Oh yes you can (Part 2 of 2). Medical Writing 2012;21(4):314–316.