Academic Publishing
Grammar, Punctuation and the Danger of Global C...
Summary Global edits (e.g., “Replace All”) feel efficient, but blunt rules can wreak grammatical and contextual damage—altering quotations, corrupting tables/code/URLs, and planting systematic errors (e.g., inserting a comma into the...
Grammar, Punctuation and the Danger of Global C...
Summary Global edits (e.g., “Replace All”) feel efficient, but blunt rules can wreak grammatical and contextual damage—altering quotations, corrupting tables/code/URLs, and planting systematic errors (e.g., inserting a comma into the...
Using Prepositions Correctly to Specify Time in...
Summary Prepositions of time such as at, in, on, by, during, for and since look small, but they carry important temporal information in academic prose. They anchor events to specific...
Using Prepositions Correctly to Specify Time in...
Summary Prepositions of time such as at, in, on, by, during, for and since look small, but they carry important temporal information in academic prose. They anchor events to specific...
Constructing Compound Sentences
Summary Compound sentences join two (or more) complete clauses to show clear relationships—addition, contrast, cause/effect—so academic prose flows and persuades. How to build them: (1) use a coordinating conjunction (and,...
Constructing Compound Sentences
Summary Compound sentences join two (or more) complete clauses to show clear relationships—addition, contrast, cause/effect—so academic prose flows and persuades. How to build them: (1) use a coordinating conjunction (and,...
Effectively Recycling and Reusing Scholarly Text
Summary Recycling your own scholarly writing is not inherently wrong—in fact, it is often necessary and efficient. However, simply copying and pasting large blocks of previously published text into new...
Effectively Recycling and Reusing Scholarly Text
Summary Recycling your own scholarly writing is not inherently wrong—in fact, it is often necessary and efficient. However, simply copying and pasting large blocks of previously published text into new...
Varying Sentence Structure with Embedded Clause...
Summary Varying sentence structure with embedded clauses and phrases lets you add precision, logic, and rhythm without bloating text. Use embedding to place definitions and conditions next to what they...
Varying Sentence Structure with Embedded Clause...
Summary Varying sentence structure with embedded clauses and phrases lets you add precision, logic, and rhythm without bloating text. Use embedding to place definitions and conditions next to what they...
Hurdles in the Academic Writing Process Can Ins...
Summary Writing academic and scientific prose is full of hurdles, but these obstacles often trigger the most valuable intellectual breakthroughs. Scholars commonly struggle with where to begin, how to continue...
Hurdles in the Academic Writing Process Can Ins...
Summary Writing academic and scientific prose is full of hurdles, but these obstacles often trigger the most valuable intellectual breakthroughs. Scholars commonly struggle with where to begin, how to continue...