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Writing an academic CV

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Writing an academic CV in English: 7 tips
17 Jul 2018
http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2018/07/17/writing-an-academic-cv-in-english-7-tips

This is what Google learned after interviewing one job candidate 16 times, according to Eric Schmidt
Nov 19 2018
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/17/eric-schmidt-what-google-learned-interviewing-job-applicant-16-times.html

How to Make Great CVs for Academia and Beyond
Rui Pires Martins
Nature careers 2019

Personal statement

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College Access > Personal Statement
Using standards-aligned, narrative techniques students will reflect on what makes them unique.
http://www.tgreduexplore.org/curriculum/lessons

related:
4 Standout College Application Essays on Work, Money and Class
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/your-money/standout-college-application-essays.html

This Year’s Essayists and Their ‘Beautiful Contradictions’
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/your-money/2017-college-essays.html

Slash

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Slash: Not Just a Punctuation Mark Anymore
April 24, 2013
by Anne Curzan
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2013/04/24/slash-not-just-a-punctuation-mark-anymore

Lots of us use the slash (/) in writing to capture two or more descriptions of the same thing, with a meaning something like “or,” “and,” or “and/or”—e.g., “my sister/best friend” or “request/require.”
The slash typically separates two things that are the same part of speech or parallel grammatically

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_(punctuation)#XOR

The University of Oxford Style Guide

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The University of Oxford Style Guide
Hilary term 2016
https://www.ox.ac.uk/public-affairs/style-guide?wssl=1

If using ‘from’ with a start date/time, always use ‘to’ to indicate the end date/
time rather than an n-dash; alternatively, just use an n-dash without ‘from’.

  • Michaelmas term runs from October to December.
  • Michaelmas term runs October–December.

n-dash (–)
Use to link concepts or ranges of numbers, with no spaces either side.

  • German–Polish non-aggression pact

When to use a hyphen
In an adjectival phrase before a noun

  • the up-to-date list
  • The value of a first-class degree is indisputable.
  • a hot-air balloon
  • ‘Rethinking provincialism in mid-nineteenth-century narrative fiction: Villette from our village’
  • The Department for Continuing Education offers lots of part-time courses.

In an adjectival phrase including a verb participle

  • The jumper was tight-fitting.

When not to use a hyphen
In noun phrases

  • Labour Party conference
  • The 19th century saw much reform.

To make a new compound noun – if it is a recognisable concept, make it one word; if it isn’t, use two words

  • Websites are made up of webpages.
  • Send me an email when you’re ready to proceed.

In an adjectival phrase that does not precede a noun

  • Anyone can study part time at the Department for Continuing Education.
  • The list was up to date.
  • His marks just scraped into the first class.

In an adjectival phrase before a noun where the first element is an adverb ending in -ly (but note that any other adverbs in adjectival phrases do take a hyphen)

  • She had a finely tuned ear for off-key music.
  • XML documents must be well-formed texts.
  • She was a badly paid apprentice.

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Writing Mathematics in Plain Text Email
https://pages.uoregon.edu/ncp/Courses/MathInPlainTextEmail.html
Use “^” for superscripts: 2^6, e^3, etc.

Needless words

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Nuts & Bolts of Scientific Writing > TIP 2. Omit Needless Words and Empty Phrases
http://www.academicpeds.org/espauthoring/page_05.htm

Cut the Clutter: 17 Phrases to Omit from Your Writing Today
https://www.extension.harvard.edu/inside-extension/cut-clutter-17-phrases-omit-your-writing-today

LIS 272 — 1998/1999 School Year > Commenting on a first draft: Needless words
http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/272/needless.html

Needless words
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=25852
I know I’ve been a long-time critic of everything in The Elements of Style, not least William Strunk …
http://www.chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/index.html

Summarizing
in:
Behavioral Medicine: A Key to Better Health
Karolinska Institutet. November 2016
https://www.edx.org/course/behavioral-medicine-key-better-health-kix-kibehmedx-1

Writing is a kind of way of speaking

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Ursula K. Le Guin Steers Her Craft Into A New Century
Aug 29, 2015
http://www.npr.org/2015/08/29/435549081/ursula-k-le-guin-steers-her-craft-into-a-new-century

sound is often forgotten in a piece of writing. “Writing is a kind of way of speaking, and I hear it,” she says.
“And I think a lot of readers hear it too. Even if they hear it in silence. And so the sounds of the language, and the rhythm and the cadence of the sentences are very powerful.”