3. Writing & Editing

Writing Summaries and Critiques  Definition of Genre Summaries and critiques are two ways to write a review of a…

Components of a Thesis Theses come in various sizes and shapes. The components of many theses are similar…

A thesis statement is as straightforward as an addition problem: Roadmap + “So What?” = Thesis But what does…

Many grammar books state that a comma is always required after "i.e." and "e.g." used in a sentence, as in…

... In Britain and some other less-enlightened countries, the comma is often omitted before an 'and' in a list.…

Writing standards disagree about whether to use "I" and "we" (and their various forms) in academic work. Some argue…

In American English (and in some cases for British English), punctuation following a bit of quoted text is…

Discussing existing work Whenever you bring up an existing piece of research, whether it is your own or someone…

Formatting and grammar rules When in doubt about grammar or page format, researchers in psychology and computer…

Rules for formal writing are quite strict, though often unstated. Formal writing is used in academic and scientific…