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Questions about the tones, turns of phrase and other writing patterns that are appropriate for writing in an academic context.
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Chicago or APA for draft manuscript?
My main tip would be to use a reference manager that automates the task of formatting references. There are many to choose from. But any good tool should make it fairly trivial to move between author- …
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In APA style, what is the appropriate way to differentiate between two organization division...
If following APA style you should not use quotation marks or italics for names of organisations.
You could use an in-line list to make it clear.
To apply this to your example:
There are two majo …
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Where do you place the link to open data in a manuscript?
Assume you are writing a manuscript and you have uploaded your raw data to a relevant hosting site (e.g., The Dataverse Network, FigShare, etc.). Where in the manuscript should you indicate a link to …
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Resources for English speaking students with poor command of grammar and writing style
I sometimes read student assignments where the grammar and writing style is poor. Paragraphs don't really flow. Sentences go on for ever. The ordering of words is awkward. Instead of concisely introd …
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How to stop Endnote omitting the year for some references?
A few options:
It is possible to exclude the year from an in text citation in Endnote. So I'd check that setting. Right clicking the in-text citation should give you a few options.
Make sure you are …
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Should first introductory paragraph explicitly state the subject of the paper?
Coming from a psychology perspective, I have seen eminent authors adopt both writing approaches.
Introductions to journal articles should generally have an opening. The opening of an introduction sho …
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When and why should you write numbers less than 10 in words?
Many style manuals will have specific requirements regarding when to express a number as numerals or in words.
APA Style
The APA version 6 style manual has an entire section starting from 4.31 on ho …
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Is it a good academic practice to tell the reader in the introduction what the essay is abou...
There are many ways to structure an introduction. However, in the context of psychology I am familiar with the two broad approaches you mention to writing an introduction.
In psychology, students are …