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
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Writing
The Curse of Knowledge
Linguistics, Style and Writing in the 21st Century – with Steven Pinker
The Royal Institution
Oct 28, 2015
Personal statement
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
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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The University of Oxford Style Guide
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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Needless words
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
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.”
