Academic etiquette and writing

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

O.k so I am now desperet to get this subject sorted and learn the ways of writing scientific/academic style, but more than that, the ettiquet and recognised methods.

 

any resources, books, classes etc etc etc would be much appreciated:001_cool:

[Dave Martin]

O.k so I am now desperet to get this subject sorted and learn the ways of writing scientific/academic style, but more than that, the ettiquet and recognised methods.

 

any resources, books, classes etc etc etc would be much appreciated:001_cool:

 

Learning to spell desperate would be a good start

[Will Hinchliffe]

When I was at Uni they were very strict about the way you referenced.

 

We had to reference in whats called the Harvard referencing style.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Learning to spell desperate would be a good start

 

argh just a speed typo! so i must of spelt ettiquet right then! touch!

 

When I was at Uni they were very strict about the way you referenced.

 

We had to reference in whats called the Harvard referencing style.

 

yeah covered that in my first year on the degree (no longer on )

[Le Sanglier]

and etiquette

[Dave Martin]

argh just a speed typo! so i must of spelt ettiquet right then! touch!

 

Was just about to mention that but was beaten to it and I`m going to give you the benifit of the doubt on touch assuming it was tongue in cheek

[chris cnc]

is this sort of thing any good?

5_reportwriting.pdf

[felixthelogchopper]

The worst crime in academic writing is plagiarism. You must reference every source you use, even if you just read somebody's book and developed your ideas from theirs.

[Stephen Blair]

Get an App Tony, you type in the yeah but bo but yeah part and out comes, spiffing wot wot jolly hockey sticks, everyones a winner, job done:thumbup:

[Amelanchier]

You're probably already doing the best thing, reading as many papers written in a formal academic style as you can.

 

The common themes are that they are written in the third person, they avoid unfounded certainties and they use short structural sentences and paragraphs. I find that there is a considerable cross over from a formal tree report style.