1. CONNECTORS: COORDINATE AND SUBORDINATE SENTENCES
1.1. COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS JOIN TERMS THAT ARE EQUALS
1.2. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS SHOW INEQUALIRY OR A RELATIONSHIP OF DEPENDENCE OR LIMITATION
1.3. SPECIALIZED LINKING WORDS:
1.3.1. REINFORCEMENT OF IDEAS: ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE, MOREOVER, IN OTHER WORDS, IN ADDITION, MORE IMPORTANTLY
1.3.2. CHANGE OF IDEAS: BUT, INSTEAD, ON ALTHOUGH, ON THE OTHER HAND, YET, NEVERTHELESS, HOWEVER, IN CONTRAST, IN SPITE OF
1.3.3. CONCLUSION: THUS, IN CONCLUSION, THEREFORE, FINALLY, ACCORDINGLY, SO
2. SPELLING CONVENTIONS AND ACCURACY
2.1. CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR, SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION
2.1.1. USE A SPELLCHECKER
2.1.2. USE A DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS
2.1.3. DO NOT USE UNNECESSARY COMMAS
2.1.4. PROOFREAD CAREFULLY
3. COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE AND PROPER NOUNS
4. TENSES AND CONCORDANCE
4.1. TENSES
4.1.1. PAST TENSES: METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS (OBJECTIVES, WHAT WAS DONE)
4.1.2. PRESENT TENSES: INTRODUCTION, GENERAL FINDINGS, CONCLUSION (ACCEPTED FACTS)
4.1.3. FUTURE TENSES: THINGS THTAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE
4.2. CONCORDANCE (SUBJECT + VERB)
4.2.1. SINGULAR SUBJECT TAKES SINGULAR VERBS / PLURAL SUBJECT TAKES PLURAL VERBS
4.2.2. IF IT CAN BE EITHER PLURAL OR SINGULAR,
4.2.2.1. USE THE SINGULAR VERB IF THE TERM REFERS TO A UNIT, AMOUNT, DISCIPLINE
4.2.2.2. USE THE PLURAL VERBS IF THE TERM INDICATES INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OR COMPONENTS RATHER THAN THE COLLECTION AS A WHOLE
5. THE ARTICLE AND THE NOUN (ADJECTIVATION)
5.1. SINGULAR/PLURAL
5.2. DEFINITE/INDEFINITE
6. ENGLISH PASSIVES AND ACTIVES
6.1. ACTIVE VOICE WHEN THE SUBJECT IS THE ACTOR
6.2. PASSIVE VOICE WHEN THE SUBJECT IS ACTED UPON
6.2.1. IT LETS THE FACTS STAND ON THEIR OWN
6.2.2. REMOVES SOME ACCUSATIONS OF BIAS
6.2.3. PRESENTS AN 'AIR' OF LOGIC