"helpful clarification" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are providing more information in order to make something clearer or easier to understand. For example, "I was surprised to hear that the company was taking a different direction. For helpful clarification, I discussed the matter with the CEO."
On Monday, just as the Tim Hunt "women get in the way of science" thing seemed to be dying down, Boris Johnson stepped in with the helpful clarification – via his Telegraph column – that Hunt had simply been describing a "natural phenomenon".
Further research will be necessary for helpful clarification of such issues.
We thank this reviewer for this helpful clarification and have modified the text to include more introductory comments about the acoustic pathways in the brainstem and on recent papers that reported whole-cell in vivo responses in the IC and how they pertain to our data.
As well as helpful clarifications of the protection of the university curriculum from political interference, there have been amendments to bolster representation of the interests of students within the OfS, and new measures to encourage effective cooperation between the OfS and UKRI.
They could, however, acknowledge their importance, normalize their presence, provide helpful clarifications, and encourage discussion with healthcare professionals.
Wells Fargo has been "gradually opening up the credit box," Blackwell said, in part because of helpful policy clarifications and changes at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Although the North Korean participants stick to explaining their government's official stance, the American counterparts find it helpful to get clarification on the North Korean regime.
I am indebted to Thomas Pogge for numerous helpful suggestions and clarifications to this entry.
This apparently satisfied Banks, who, in a reply to Swords, called the clarification "very helpful".
Such a clarification is helpful for further study of the relationship between the second-order cone programming problems and the circular cone programming problems.
