English for research : usage, style, and grammar / Adrian Wallwork.
"This guide is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on the reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English usage, style and grammar. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-na...
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[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- Nouns: plurals, countable versus uncountable
- Genitive: the possessive form of nouns
- Indefinite article: a / an
- Definite article: the
- Zero article: no article
- Quantifiers: any, some, much, many, much, each, every etc.
- Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whose
- Tenses: present, past, future
- Conditional forms: zero, first, second, third
- Passive versus active: impersonal versus personal forms
- Imperative, infinitive versus gerund (−ing form)
- Modal verbs: can, may, could, should, must etc.
- Link words (adverbs and conjunctions): also, although, but etc.
- Adverbs and prepositions: already, yet, at, in, of etc.
- Sentence length, conciseness, clarity and ambiguity
- Word order: nouns and verbs
- Word order: adverbs
- Word order: adjectives and past participles
- Comparative and superlative: -er, -est, irregular forms
- Measurements: abbreviations, symbols, use of articles
- Numbers: words versus numerals, plurals, use of articles, dates etc.
- Acronyms: usage, grammar, plurals, punctuation
- Abbreviations and Latin words: usage meaning, punctuation
- Capitalization: headings, dates, figures etc.
- Punctuation: apostrophes, colons, commas etc.
- Referring to the literature
- Figures and tables: making reference, writing captions and legends
- Spelling: rules, US versus GB, typical typos
- Erratum: English for Academic Research: Grammar, Usage and Style.