English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises. 1st ed. 2013

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by Adrian Wallwork

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New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013

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• Wallwork, Adrian.
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English for Academic Research ;

ISBN:

9781461442899 [1461442893]    

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1 Nouns: plurals, countable vs uncountable etc -- 2 Genitive: the possessive form of nouns -- 3 indefinite article (a/an), definite article (the), and zero article (Ø) -- 4 Quantifiers: some, any, little, few, a lot of, lots, much, many -- 5 Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whose, what -- 6 Present tenses -- 7 Past tenses -- 8 Future tenses -- 9 Conditional forms: zero, first, second, third, mixed -- 10 Passive vs active: impersonal vs personal forms -- 11 Infinitive, -ing form (gerund), suggest, recommend -- 12 Modal verbs -- 13 Phrasal verbs -- 14 Word order -- 15 Comparative and superlative forms -- 16 Numbers -- 17 Acronyms and abbreviations -- 18 Titles -- 19 Abstracts -- 20 Introduction and Review of the Literature -- 21 Materials and Methods -- 22 Results -- 23 Discussion -- 24 Conclusions -- 25 Abstract contrasted with Conclusions -- 26 Acknowledgements.- 27 Mini tests -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Editing Service -- Index.
This book is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English grammar. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, several hundred emails, 500 abstracts by PhD students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers. The exercises include the following areas: active vs passive, use of we articles (a/an, the, zero) and quantifiers (some, any, few etc) conditionals and modals countable and uncountable nouns genitive infinitive vs -ing form numbers, acronyms, abbreviations relative clauses and which vs that tenses (e.g. simple present, simple past, present perfect) word order Exercise types are repeated for different contexts. For example, the difference between the simple present, present perfect and simple past is tested for use in papers, referees' reports, and emails of various types. Such repetition of sim

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