Grammer & Punctuation & Spelling

Publishing tips

Summary of Basic Steps in Journal Article and Book Publishing

JOURNAL ARTICLES Choose an appropriate journal. Follow manuscript guidelines carefully. Submit as clean a draft as possible to the current…

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3. Writing & Editing

A Collaborative Exchange Between Graduate Student and Supervisor

In this dialoge Ena Lee and her graduate supervisor, Bonny Norton , offer readers a dialogue in an engaging mix…

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Writing Tips

Structuring Thesis Chapters: The Introductory/ Concluding Paragraphs

A chapter’s introductory paragraph can serve a number of distinctive functions. It can: 1. Show the relationship of the chapter…

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Results

5 Methods to Distinguish and Identify Your Own Research Contribution from Others

Methods to Distinguish and Identify Your Contribution The fact that you are so familiar with what you did means that your…

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Book Reviews

Science Research Writing: Book Review

Who is this book for? This book is designed to help non-native speakers of English write science research papers for…

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Academic English

Commas after “i.e.” and “e.g.”

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

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Academic English

Serial commas

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

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Academic English

Academic English: “I” and “we”!

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

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Academic English

Punctuation after quotations

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

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Academic English

Informal vs. Academic Language

  Informal Speaking Vocabulary Academic Writing Vocabulary What is the difference? a lot of good/bad go up/go down/stay the same…

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