English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar

• Main Author: Wallwork, Adrian. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Education.; Grammar, Comparative and general.; Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.; Language and languages.; Language Education.; Grammar.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Syntax.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1593-0

This guide is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on the reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English usage, style and grammar. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1.�Nouns: plurals, countable vs uncountable
• 2.�Genitive: the possessive form of nouns.-�3.�Indefinite article: a / an
• 4.�Definite article: the
• 5.�Zero article: no article
• 6.�Quantifiers: any, some, much, many, each, every etc
• 7.�Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whose
• 8.�Tenses: present, past, future
• 9.�Conditional forms: zero, first, second, third
• 10.�Passive vs active: impersonal vs personal forms
• 11.�Imperative, infinitive, gerund (-ing form)
• 12.�Modal verbs: can, may, could, should, must etc
• 13.�Link words (adverbs and conjunctions): also, although, but etc
• 14.�Adverbs and prepositions: already, yet, at, in, of etc
• 15.�Sentence length, conciseness, clarity and ambiguity
• 16.�Word order: nouns and verbs
• 17.�Word order: adverbs
• 18.�Word order: adjectives and past participles
• 19.�Comparative and superlative: -er, -est, irregular forms
• 20.�Measurements: abbreviations, symbols, use of articles
• 21.�Numbers: words vs numerals, plurals, use of articles etc
• 22.�Acronyms: usage, grammar, plurals, punctuation
• 23.�Abbreviations and Latin words: usage, meaning, punctuation
• 24.�Capitalization: headings, dates, figures etc
• 25.�Punctuation: apostrophes, colons, commas etc
• 26.�Referring to the literature
• 27.�Figures and tables: making reference, writing captions and legends
• 28.�Spelling: rules, US vs GB, typical typos
• Appendix 1 - Verbs, nouns and adjectives + prepositions
• Appendix 2 - Glossary of terms used in this book
• Index.