Scientific Writing

1. Voice

1.1. Passive

1.1.1. Be + Past Participle, Transitive Verbs

1.2. Active

2. Connectors

2.1. Coordination

2.2. Subordination

3. Recommendations

3.1. Check grammar, spelling and punctuation

3.2. Don’t mix American and British spelling

3.3. Don’t use contractions

3.4. Define abbreviations

3.5. Don’t use abbreviations in titles or abstracts

3.6. Divide words only if necessary

4. Tenses

4.1. Past Tenses

4.1.1. Methodology, Results

4.2. Present Tenses

4.2.1. Introduction, Results, Conclusion

4.3. Future Tenses

5. Concordance

5.1. Singular

5.2. Plural

6. Grammatical Categories

6.1. Articles

6.1.1. Countable

6.1.1.1. Singular

6.1.1.1.1. The

6.1.1.1.2. A/An

6.1.1.2. Plural

6.1.1.2.1. The

6.1.1.2.2. ø

6.1.2. Uncountable

6.1.2.1. The

6.1.2.2. ø

6.1.3. No article

6.1.3.1. Proper nouns

6.1.3.2. Lakes

6.1.3.3. Countries (Exceptions: the USA, the UK...)

6.2. Adjectives

6.2.1. Precede nouns

6.3. Adverbs

6.3.1. Precede adjectives