Questions tagged [academic-writing]
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Do you place quotations marks around a term after the word “call” in APA style?
The 7th edition of the APA Style manual says to use quotation marks “to refer to a letter, word, phrase, or sentence as a linguistic example or as itself” (p. 157). Here are examples from APA: https://...
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Can I delete "on this category" from "Turning to clothing, Turkey recorded the highest share of expenditure on this category"?
Country
Food/Drinks/Tobacco
Clothing/Footwear
Leisure/Education
Ireland
28.91%
6.43%
2.21%
Italy
16.36%
9%
3.2%
Spain
18.80%
6.51%
1.98%
Sweden
15.77%
5.40%
3.22%
Turkey
32.14%
6.63%
4.35%
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Is there a nuanced difference between “concerned with” and “concerned about”? [duplicate]
In formal and academic writing, I often encounter both phrases:
“The study is concerned with the effects of climate change.”
“The researchers are concerned about the rise in sea levels.”
At first ...
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Is there a difference between “despite the fact that” and “although”?
In academic writing, I often see both “despite the fact that” and “although” used to introduce contrast or concession. For example:
Despite the fact that the method is widely used, it remains ...
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Is there a difference between "elegant solution" and "simple solution"? [closed]
In academic and technical writing, I often encounter both phrases: "elegant solution" and "simple solution".
They sometimes seem interchangeable, but at other times, the ...
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Managing tense across an article [duplicate]
I am having trouble figuring out what tenses to use in an article that includes some historical elements, some of which are still current. Suppose I need to write something like this -
Company X ...
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Can we use "day and night time" instead of "day and night"?
Can we use day and night time instead of day and night in a sentence? Is the use or addition of the word time with the phrase day and night correct or not?
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Use of square brackets in quotes introduced after colon
I am writing an academic document related to legal research, and have a doubt - Wherever I am quoting someone like this:
Mr. A of X Institute states as follows:
"[t]he suggestion that the number ...
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Formal written form for a 2x something? [closed]
In a sentence where I want to say a title or position that has been awarded twice, how do I phrase it? For instance "He was a 2x runner-up for the Champion title", would it be "two time&...
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How to write a name of competition in an article? [duplicate]
Hi I am translating text from Polish to English. I would like to ask you about your thoughts on it:
A title of a newspaper is in Polish, do I need to add quotation marks or italics?
The name of ...
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Present simple or future conditional
While writing a research proposal, I encountered the following issue. Consider the following two variants:
Present simple:
I would like to measure X. Finding evidence that X is large is helpful to ...
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A good and scientific way of saying "holistic approach" or "holistic philosophy"
I am struggling to write the introduction of a scientific journal paper because it is absurdly novel. I am trying to show the community that we have approaches in different domains that need to be ...
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Can I use thereof to refer to a single subject? If not - what would be an alternative?
Is usage of "thereof" in a title:
Confirming feasibility of attack and investigating improvements to range and reliability thereof
correct?
My intuition says it is not, but it would be a ...
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Difference in logical inevitability between therefore/thus/hence
I am trying to figure out the difference in the degrees of logical inevitability that the words therefore, thus, and hence express, when used in academic scientific writing.
Glenn Paquette explains in ...
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Usage of "you" in scientific papers
According to numerous questions (e.g Is it recommended to use "we" in research papers?), one should use "we" instead of "I" while writing a scientific paper.
However, it'...
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A different way of saying "rest of"
I am writing a research paper where I want to say
The rest of the paper is organized as follows.
in the introduction of the paper. However, the word "rest" doesn't sound good as it is ...
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much less + (verb)ing (gerund) agreement/concord
Do I need to make sure the gerunds match in the following sentence:
There is not much attention paid to really examining what constitutes this notion, much less scrutinizing the received criteria for ...
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Singular and Plurals in Academic Research
In academic/scientific research, should I use the names of fruits in the singular or plural? For example:
There was a significant increase in the frequency of sweet potato consumption (+18.8%), eggs (...
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Term for creating Terminology
I’ve been struggling to remember a word for “creating discrete terminology.”
It feels like an academic word used in linguistics in the vein of “semiotics,” (but not dealing with signs, dealing with ...
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Possessive Contraction over Equations and Mathematical/Physics Laws
In my mother language, Spanish, when we refer to a famous equation, say those for electromagnetism, we say "Ecuaciones de Maxwell". This translates, literally, as "Equations of Maxwell&...
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Use of adjective "slack" in academic writing
(Note. I deleted the previous question as the discussion was focusing too much on the math.)
I am writing a research paper in mathematical analysis and I have a situation in which I want to give a ...
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Scare quotes, regular quote and italics. Style guide advice
I understand that there is no universal rule regarding the use of single or double quotation marks or use of italics, however I wasn't sure whether scare quotes need to follow same format one has ...
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Where do I put the name of a noun, before or after? [closed]
Which one is better:
When function read returns an error, the program crashes.
When read function returns an error, the program crashes.
When read-function returns an error, the program crashes.
I'm ...
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Usage of hypens when using two compund nouns [duplicate]
I was wondering about the correct usage of the hyphen in cases of the form:
In the short- and long-run.
As opposed to:
In the short and long-run.
Is the first case accepted?
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What is the best way to describe a event which was well organized so much that there was no tension while event was going on?
I am looking for the right words to describe an event which was meticulously planned and executed. I want to stress on the fact that the managers / professors overlooking the event were relaxed as ...
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dramatically increased vs increased dramatically
In a very formal writing such as IELTS writing task 1, can I use both of these?
>dramatically increased
>increased dramatically
Example:
Product prices have increased dramatically in the last ...
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Does it feel odd for native speakers to use too many introductory phrases in academic writing? [closed]
Recently I observed that there are too many introductory phrases in papers writen by non-native spearkers. Here are some examples:
Typically, it is xxxx
Particularly, it is xxxx
In this paper, we ...
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How to say "the health of a system" in a shorter way?
Compound words keep troubling me... I am writing an academic article about detecting the health of a system or a piece of equipment. For example, if a coffee machine works correctly, it means it has a ...
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"close resemblance in/on ..." OR "closely resembling ..." [closed]
I have two quite similar fracture populations and I try to emphasize this in the following sentence. But which of the prepositions/solutions is correct in British English?
The baseline ...
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Em dash to introduce a quote
Is it fine to introduce a direct quote with an em dash? I want to briefly summarise a quote, while still giving it in full. Something like:
However, Smith (2021) argued that foo can in fact improve ...
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Correct writing of "clinical- and policy-relevant evidence"
I'm struggling with concise writing of the following. None of the sentences "sound" nice. Could you give some guidance?
A) There is a need for both clinically and policy-relevant evidence?
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Why is the A in "Article" capitalized in legal articles when referring to itself? [closed]
I looked at ten different law articles; when refering to itself, the letter A in Article is capitalized. For example, in the abstract it would say something like:
This Article proposes modifying the ...
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Comma needed before "as does"? [closed]
Should I write this without a comma:
The evidence from this study suggests that stroke may impose a comparable risk on the survival of older patients as do heart attack due to the close resemblance ...
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Proper Grammar of Degree Abbreviations
I have seen plenty of abbreviation options to write Postgraduate Diploma.
Just to mention the easiest finding on the web: "A postgraduate diploma (PgD, PgDip, PGDip, PG Dip., PGD, Dipl. PG, PDE) ...
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an atom vs the atom [duplicate]
In Britannica's Atom term, some general sentences about an atom use "an atom", and others "the atom", why?
Sentences with "an atom":
The behaviour of an atom is strongly ...
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manifests or manifests itself
The sentence (from University Physics book, the image of full text is attached):
The work done by nonconservative forces manifests itself as changes in the
internal energy of objects.
Can we delete ...
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Let us suppose vs Suppose [closed]
When should we use "Let us suppose", and when "Suppose" in science academic articles?
Example 1:
Suppose the electric field lines in a region of space are straight lines.
or
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Which one is more correct for academic writing? List of X users vs X-user list [closed]
I am writing an academic paper and having hard time with language.
So which one of the following is most appropriate?
List of WhatsApp users
WhatsApp-users list
WhatsApp user list
WhatsApp users' ...
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Mentioning a physical unit after a series of values
I have problem deciding which one of the following sentences is correct considering the usage of second(s):
Computation times of the proposed algorithms are in the orders of 10^-3 and 10^-4 seconds, ...
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Comma after "perhaps" at the end of the sentence
Which one is correct?
I. "This is the worst day in this month, perhaps the worst in my life."
II. "This is the worst day in this month. Perhaps the worst in my life."
Should we ...
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Is speed a variable? [closed]
This is a legal sentence:
London traffic moves at a speed of 11 mph.
Why can't we remove "a" and "of"?
London traffic moves at speed 11 mph.
We may say that "speed" ...
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Is it common to use 'terminus a quo' in academic writing?
I'm writing an academic paper and I want to replace the word 'starting point' with 'terminus a quo'. I'm not sure if this Latin word is commonly used. I'm trying to make my language more interesting ...
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A first or the first after mentioning general categories
In the following passage:
Recent works have tackled the explainability shortcomings with
different approaches. A first approach investigates to which extent an
input feature is responsible for a ...
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breakage vs breaking in "X denotes the spontaneous breakage/breaking of rotational symmetry"
In the sentence " X denotes the spontaneous breakage/breaking of rotational symmetry.", which is the best word to use in its context?
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Preposition needed: did not survive a certain timepoint [closed]
I have a sentence as follows. This should say that the patients who died during the observation period were excluded from analyses. Should I use a preposition after "survive"? I did a ...
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Is it correct to use a comma before naming a list of items in a sentence? [closed]
The question is about the first comma use in the sentences below. I have not seen such comma-punctuation in a sentence that continues with naming several listed items. Is the first comma in these ...
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Single word request: of/at that phase/time/period/care/management [duplicate]
I am writing a study aim and needs to be really concise. For background, "post-acute care" is the next/second step care in these patients' management. In other words, their care/management ...
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Dissertation: correct writing of a numbered list [closed]
Are there any grammatical rules for numbered lists (my university does not have a guideline for this)?
Which format would be correct for the given example of numbered objectives? Two things that I ...
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Compact writing of "1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24 and 36-month survival was analysed"
I have an academic paper abstract to write and it has very limited word count (150 words). I have to say that we analysed 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24 and 36-month survival of the included patients in this ...
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Should we not use abbreviations at all in academic writing? [duplicate]
I submitted a paper to a computer science conference, and the reviewer mentioned that I should correct grammar/writing issues throughout the paper.
Some of the things he/she mentioned:
don't -> do ...
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