A Few Latin Abbreviations for References: ‘Ibid.’ and the ‘Id.’ Group Latin abbreviations used to be much more common in scholarly references than they are today, but some still appear in citations and notes. Those which continue to be used…
The Appropriate Use of Articles before Abbreviations in Academic Papers
The Appropriate Use of Articles before Abbreviations in Academic Papers Abbreviations are basic tools for most authors of scholarly prose and are used with considerable frequency in scientific writing. They can quickly and effectively communicate concepts that would take several…
The Plural and Possessive Forms of Abbreviations
The Plural and Possessive Forms of Abbreviations Abbreviations of all kinds are used frequently and sometimes extensively in academic and especially scientific writing. Most scholarly authors realise that each abbreviation must be carefully defined for readers when it is first…
Helpful Tips on Using Abbreviations in Academic & Scientific Writing
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Using Full Stops Effectively in Abbreviations for Your Thesis or Dissertation
Using Full Stops Effectively in Abbreviations for Your Thesis or Dissertation Academic and scientific writing tends to make frequent use of abbreviations to express a wide variety of concepts and terms as concisely as possible, so it is very likely…
Two Latin Abbreviations Frequently Used in Academic & Scientific Writing: ‘etc.’ and ‘et al.’
Two Latin Abbreviations Frequently Used in Scholarly Writing: ‘etc.’ and ‘et al.’ | Tips on How to Get Your Research Published Although most of the Latin abbreviations that were once so common in academic and scientific writing are used much…
Frequently Used and Misused Latin Abbreviations in Academic and Scientific Writing
Frequently Used and Misused Latin Abbreviations | Tips on How to Get Your Research Published Although Latin abbreviations appear far less often in scholarly writing than they once did, there are still a few that are used with considerable frequency….
Tips on Using Latin Abbreviations for Citations & Cross References
Tips on Using Latin Abbreviations for Citations & Cross References Although many of the Latin abbreviations once frequent in scholarly writing for referring to sources and other information are, in the twenty-first century, used with increasing rarity, some presses and…
Punctuating Abbreviations: The Use of Full Stops in Academic Writing
Punctuating Abbreviations: The Use of Full Stops in Academic Writing Abbreviations of all kinds are a common feature of academic and scientific writing, and they have to be absolutely correct and consistent to be effective, yet deciding where full stops…