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Academic discourse
All writing is rewriting, Jacques Barzun
All writing is rewriting. […] If words you have set down puzzle you once you have forgotten how they came to your mind, they will puzzle the stranger and you must do something about them – rediscover your meaning and express it, not some other or none at all (p.227).
Jacques Barzun. Simple & Direct.
Academic conferences: a guide to asking good questions
Giving a conference paper is daunting. Dealing with questions can be even worse, if you face a deluge of condescending statements, rambling monologues and thinly veiled attempts to show off superior knowledge. Here’s the story.
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Curso: redacción propuestas académicas & financiación en inglés
IV Curso: Escribir ciencia en inglés. Curso práctico sobre redacción científica. La redacción de propuestas académicas y de financiación. Curso de Verano UNIMAR, Universidad de Murcia, 15-17 de julio de 2015 Inscripción Detalles del curso Programa Miércoles 15 julio 9-11:45 Características generales de la redacción científica Dra. Purificación Sánchez, Universidad de Murcia 12-14:45 Writing good … Read more
Videos: Corpus Contemporary American English
This is a follow-up to our post Writing tools for researchers. The basics Using POS tags Collocations BNC & COCA Basic Query Syntax