The KTH Guide to scientific writing in English
Grammatical terminology
Sentence structure
Fixing sentence problems
Text flow: information structure and cohesion
Punctuation
Scientific style
Scientific style: neutral-to-formal register
- Introduction
- Avoid the pronouns 'you' and 'one'
- Avoid contractions such as 'doesn't'
- Avoid 'lots', 'a lot', 'plenty' and 'loads'
- Avoid over-use of 'and' and 'but'
- Avoid informal use of 'besides' and 'as well'
- Avoid direct questions
- Use 'i.e.', 'e.g.', 'such as', and 'etc.' wisely
- Choose formal negative forms
- Use Latinate verbs confidently
