Category: Help with Perfecting Grammar in Academic & Scientific Writing

Full Stops in Titles, Headings and CaptionsAs a general rule, a full stop is not used at the end...

How To Write an Effective Figure Legend for a Laboratory ReportA figure legend is a chunk of text...

Does Good Grammar Really Matter in a Thesis or Dissertation?The short answer to that question is a...

Using Three Grammatical Structures Agreeably in a Thesis or DissertationIf you are not a native...

Punctuating Sentences as Lists in Theses and DissertationsLists are extremely effective tools for...

English Verbs and Their Present Tenses in Theses and DissertationsIncreasing numbers of students...

Using the Past Tenses of English Verbs in Theses and DissertationsThesis and dissertation students...

Rules for Using Relative Pronouns Correctly in Your Thesis or DissertationThe use of relative...

Dashes or RulesThe most common use of en or em dashes (also called ‘rules’) in the running prose...

What Is the Difference between a Semicolon and a Colon?Well, some might argue that there is very...

Using the Auxiliary Verbs Might and May Correctly in Academic WritingEnglish is fraught with words...

Therefore or However? Choosing and Using the Right Transitional WordLogical transitions are...