Limit the use of prepositional phrases

October 2010

Examples

Poor: The color of the fur of the rat was white.
Better: The color of the rat’s fur was white.
Best: The rat’s fur was white.

Poor: The culture of the cells from bone marrow from the study subjects…
Better: The cells from the bone marrow of study subjects were cultured…
Best: The bone marrow-derived cells from the study subjects were cultured…