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English for Academic Research: Grammar, Usage and Style

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 author...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wallwork, Adrian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:English for Academic Research
Subjects:
Syntax
Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar
Linguistics
Professional And Vocational Education
Language Education
Vocational Education
Professional Education
Language And Languages / Study And Teaching
Grammar, Comparative And General / Syntax
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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

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