The four elements of a good paragraph (TTEB) One of our favorite sources of writing advice for academic writers is the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL). For authors seeking to improve the cohesiveness and logic of their paragraphs, the OWL offers a straightforward paradigm, complete with mnemonic: The four elements of a good paragraph (TTEB) A good paragraph should contain [...]
Tense in scientific papers – a question of ethics "There is one special convention of writing scientific papers that is very tricky. It has to do with tense, and it is important because its proper usage derives from scientific ethics. When a scientific paper has been validly published in a primary journal, it thereby becomes knowledge. Therefore, whenever you quote [...]
Writing an abstract for a scientific paper Abstract writing can be tricky. Luckily, resources for academic writers abound on the web. Below are two useful lists on writing an abstract from Rice University. The first list covers content, the second, style. Summarize the study, including the following elements in any abstract. Try to keep the first two items to no [...]
