The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) technology over the last two decades is changing the way we do things in nearly every field. From healthcare to education and law, AI is revolutionizing task management and organization. The…
Avoid sentence fragments
Have you found yourself reading something and then retracing a sentence? Sensing that you missed something? On re-reading, you find that you were right! The sentence is incomplete. You’ve just come across a sentence fragment.
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Academic Phrases to Use in Different Scenarios (Part 3 of 3)
Academic writing is full of specifications, conventions and rules. If you want your writing to be effective, you need to adhere to them. This three-part series (Part 1 and Part 2), tells you how to use academic phrases in different writing…
Academic Phrases to Use in Different Scenarios (Part 2 of 3)
In the first article of this three-part series, we shed light on how to use academic phrases in different scenarios. We also mentioned how authors benefit from using an AI-powered tool such as Trinka, a writing assistant designed for…
Academic Phrases to Use in Different Scenarios (Part 1 of 3)
In academic documents, authors need to explain or report a wide range of research activities. For instance, they need to describe the purpose of their research, refer to other research papers, specify the procedures used, and compare the…
What is Elliptical Construction in Academic Writing?
The knowledge of the structure of language is essential if we want to create well-formed sentences that aptly deliver the intended idea. In this post, we look at a special structure—the elliptical construction. An elliptical construction is…
Why is it Important to Use Gender-Inclusive Language in Academic Writing?
The pseudo-generic pronoun “he,” that is, the usage of “man” to represent all humanity, supposes that the default and common human being is male. There are more critical issues in the inclusive space including the strife for equality along…
How to Write Scientific Names in Journal Manuscripts – Bacterial Species (Part 2 of 2)
Research is hard enough without worrying about how to use microbial nomenclature or scientific names of bacteria correctly. Writing bacteria names in a research article can be a huge challenge for scientists, as the guidelines change to…
How to Write Scientific Names in Journal Manuscripts – Plant and Animal Species (Part 1 of 2)
The format for writing scientific names of animals and plants is standardized and globally accepted. “Scientific nomenclature” refers to several names according to a particular field of study. This article is the first in a two-part series…
Academic and Research Paper Writing in a Layperson’s Language
A layperson lacks expert technical knowledge. Sometimes, we all read as laypersons because we can't be experts in everything. Understanding this is important for clarity.