by Dr. Lindeman | Mar 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
If you read my posts regularly, you know my opinion of the importance of style when writing. To create a good manuscript, it is insufficient to merely convey information; you also need to make your paper strong stylistically. This entails different tasks for different...
by Dr. Lindeman | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
There appears to be no shortage of easy-to-confuse words to describe, and here we are again. English is just a deeply complicated language with hundreds of similar spellings, similar pronunciations, or both. As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, even native speakers with...
by Dr. Lindeman | Mar 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Even as someone who deals professionally with written English, there are still some very common words that I have found consistently challenging. English words are used and reused in so many different patterns and contexts that even one that you think you know can...
by Dr. Lindeman | Mar 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Arguably, after the abstract and introduction, the conclusion is the most critical part of an academic paper. This section of the manuscript explains to the reader the significance of the research and the conclusions drawn. However, it is more than merely a summary of...
by Dr. Lindeman | Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
If you’re reading this, then Valentine’s Day is over. But even as the heart-shaped chocolates are now on sale, there are still plenty of L-words to go around. In my last post, we discussed the differences between led vs. lead and lie vs. lay (and laid vs. lain). This...
by Dr. Lindeman | Feb 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
We are about a week out from Valentine’s Day, and there’s one particular L-word on everybody’s mind: Love. But as common and confusing as love is, it is not our focus today. No, today we are once again discussing the nuances of the English language, and how to avoid...
