English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar

1. Nouns: plurals, countable versus uncountable
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2. Genitive: the possessive form of nouns
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3. Indefinite article: a / an

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4. Definite article: the

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5. Zero article: no article
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6. Quantifiers: any, some, much, many, much, each, every etc.
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7. Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whose

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8. Tenses: present, past, future
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9. Conditional forms: zero, first, second, third
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10. Passive versus active: impersonal versus personal forms
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11. Imperative, infinitive versus gerund (−ing form)
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12. Modal verbs: can, may, could, should, must etc.
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13. Link words (adverbs and conjunctions): also, although, but etc.
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14. Adverbs and prepositions: already, yet, at, in, of etc.
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15. Sentence length, conciseness, clarity and ambiguity
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16. Word order: nouns and verbs
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17. Word order: adverbs
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18. Word order: adjectives and past participles
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19. Comparative and superlative: -er, -est, irregular forms
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20. Measurements: abbreviations, symbols, use of articles
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21. Numbers: words versus numerals, plurals, use of articles, dates etc.
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22. Acronyms: usage, grammar, plurals, punctuation
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23. Abbreviations and Latin words: usage meaning, punctuation
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24. Capitalization: headings, dates, figures etc.
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25. Punctuation: apostrophes, colons, commas etc.
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26. Referring to the literature
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27. Figures and tables: making reference, writing captions and legends
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28. Spelling: rules, US versus GB, typical typos
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