Expressions to be Avoided in Writing a Scientific Paper or Thesis
" Lindsay [1] gives ten categories of cumbersome expressions that should be avoided in writing a scientific paper or thesis. These are...
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Myths about Academic Writing
" Though I don’t imagine an episode of MythBusters will be based on the misconceptions about writing we are about to look at, you’d still...
Rules and Conventions of Academic Writing
" The details in this hand-out are based on material first developed by Hazel Hall at Queen Margaret University College in November 1998....
Six Features of Academic Writing
" One of the problems students run into is that they are often expected by their professors to produce a reasonably persuasive argument,...
Informal vs. Academic Language
" " References: UTS Library. (2013). Academic Writing Guide Part 1 - Academic Writing. UTS Universty #ZaidAAlsmadi...
A Checklist of Academic Writing Features
" Academic writing in English is linear, that means it has one central point or theme with every part contributing to the main line of...
Rules for Formal Academic Writing
" Rules for formal writing are quite strict, though often unstated. Formal writing is used in academic and scientific settings whenever...
Word-Level Issues in Academic Writing
" Try hard to avoid ambiguous references Conversation is replete with ambiguous words like "this", "these", "his", "it", "they", etc....
Guidelines Specific to Academic Writing
" Formatting and grammar rules When in doubt about grammar or page format, researchers in psychology and computer science generally...
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 those personal...
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