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The book The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker is a useful resource for authors looking to understand the…
The book Punctuation...? is a hands-on guide for researchers who wish to learn about using punctuation correctly in a short span of time.
Dr. Xuejun Sun is a world leading researcher in hydrogen and hyperbaric oxygen studies. He has published 200+ peer reviewed papers on the effects of oxygen, hydrogen,…
This post reviews the book A Scholar’s Guide to Getting Published in English: critical choices and practical strategies 
Discusses the three non-SI units mentioned in the title (psi, mesh number, and quintals) and supplies appropriate conversion factors.
Converting non-SI units to SI units: psi, mesh number, and quintals
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This post offers some basic guidelines on choosing between upper case and lower case letters in scientific writing.
Basic guidelines on using upper case versus lower case in scientific writing
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Tables and figures are commonly used in research papers to supplement text. In this post, you'll find useful tips regarding how to phrase the titles, how to style or…
Quick tips on writing titles for tables and figures in scientific papers
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This post discusses the minutiae of expressing rates (kilometres per hour, grams per litre, etc.) using negative exponents and the slash.
How to present rates in scientific writing
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The acknowledgements section is a way of publicly thanking people for their contribution to a study. However, we often find authors acknowledging people for personal…
Learn about the minor stylistic differences in labeling the parts of a multi-part figure as specified in four major style guides.