Formal vs. Informal Language in Academic Writing
How to find the right register in academic writing, avoiding both casual informality and overcorrected stiffness.
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How to Write a Literature Review That Flows
Why literature reviews read as choppy lists, and how to organize one thematically so it synthesizes rather than summarizes.
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Punctuation Rules Every Academic Writer Should Know
A practical rundown of the punctuation rules that account for most errors in academic drafts, from semicolons to hyphenated compounds.
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How to Edit Your Own Academic Writing Effectively
A structured, multi-pass approach to self-editing academic writing, and how to know when you need a second reader.
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How to Write Concisely: Cutting Wordiness in Academic Papers
Concrete places to cut wordiness in academic writing, from redundant pairs to throat-clearing openings, without losing content.
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IEEE Reference List Rules: How the Numbered System Works
How IEEE’s numbered citation system works: in-text bracketed numbers, reference list order by citation number, and how to format common source types.
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How to Write a Cover Letter for Journal Submission
What to include in a journal submission cover letter, a simple three-paragraph structure to follow, common mistakes to avoid, and a short template.
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Thesis Margins, Fonts, and Line Spacing: The Rules That Get Checked First
A closer look at the three formatting details graduate schools check first: margins, fonts, and line spacing, plus how to apply them consistently in Word.
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APA vs. MLA: What’s the Difference?
A clear, side-by-side comparison of APA 7 and MLA 9 citation rules: in-text citations, reference list formatting, author names, and titles.
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12 Common English Mistakes in Academic Writing (and How to Fix Them)
Twelve English grammar and word-choice mistakes that show up often in academic manuscripts and theses, with a quick fix for each.
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