Writing Scientific English. Timothy Skern
from Chapter 4
Practising writing and improving scientific manuscripts
5.1 Improving the quality of bread
5.2 Your views on human activity and global warming
5.5 Searching for the best firewood to reduce global warming
5.6 Is there a connection between eating organic food and cigarette smoking?
5.7 The six most common commands and comments from improved texts in Chapter 5
5.8 Take-home messages from Chapter 5
Easing the pain: writing whilst researching
7.2 The comments that I use to correct texts in my course
7.3 A reading list to improve your vocabulary and your scientific writing
7.4 Some tips for oral presentations
The scientific vocabulary of this book
8.2 Words from the basic scientific lexicon
8.3 Words that extend the basic scientific lexicon
8.4 Exercises using texts from Nature and Science
8.6 Words that you wish to add
List of boxes
1.1 Terminating difficulties in English spelling
1.4 Words for linking sentences in scientific writing
1.5 Guidelines for using “a” and “the”
1.6 Practising the use of the articles “the” and “a” in English
1.7 A basic lexicon for scientific writing
2.1 Shortening sentences by splitting them into two
2.2 Positive and negative sentences
2.4 Vocabulary of “A word in your ear” (Campbell, 1998)
3.1 Summarise the text “Fighting for breath”
3.2 Identifying problems in written work
3.3 Who takes part in a clinical study or trial?
3.4 „What is science?“ Answer this question in less than 300 words
3.5 Scientists on science
3.6 Using the words „prove“ and „disprove“
4.1 The steps in constructing and publishing a scientific manuscript
4.2 What is an impact factor and how is it calculated?
4.3 Sections of a scientific manuscript and the information they contain
4.4 A manuscript without sections
4.5 Suggested order for planning and writing the sections of a scientific manuscript
4.6 Figures 1 and 2 for the model manuscript
4.7 Figure legends
4.8 Results
4.9 Arranging the figures, figure legends and results for cohesive writing 108
4.10 Discussion
4.11 Results and discussion
4.12 Introduction
4.13 Two versions of the abstract
4.14 Title and keywords
4.15 Materials and methods
5.1 Stereotypic man
5.2 Number, amount, volume and concentration
6.1 Explaining