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The book Punctuation...? is a hands-on guide for researchers who wish to learn about using punctuation correctly in a short span of time.
- Yateendra Joshi
- October 6, 2015
This post reviews the book A Scholar’s Guide to Getting Published in English: critical choices and practical strategies
- Yateendra Joshi
- September 2, 2015
Discusses the three non-SI units mentioned in the title (psi, mesh number, and quintals) and supplies appropriate conversion factors.
- Yateendra Joshi
- August 28, 2015
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This post offers some basic guidelines on choosing between upper case and lower case letters in scientific writing.
- Yateendra Joshi
- July 20, 2015
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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.
- Yateendra Joshi
- April 29, 2015
Learn about the minor stylistic differences in labeling the parts of a multi-part figure as specified in four major style guides.
- Yateendra Joshi
- February 19, 2015
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Find tips on presenting genes and products of genes in this article. Gene nomenclature is fairly complex, and this article attempts to draw attention to its intricacies…
- Yateendra Joshi
- February 4, 2015
This post explains how to print temperatures, seconds, and primers in describing a polymerase chain reaction.
- Yateendra Joshi
- December 11, 2014
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The article discusses a few points of style related to bacterial nomenclature.
- Yateendra Joshi
- December 8, 2014
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A brief review of the scope and special features of a new learner's dictionary from Oxford University Press, meant for learners of academic English.
- Yateendra Joshi
- December 2, 2014