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Pialy Ghanekar
Mar 7, 20221 min read
4 questions to answer before you begin writing your dissertation/ thesis
☑️What are the university guidelines? You don't want to struggle with reformatting your manuscript later🤯 ☑️What appeals to your...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Mar 7, 20221 min read
TITLE of a scientific manuscript
📌TITLE of a scientific manuscript (thesis/ dissertation/ article) is no different from the title of a YouTube video or a blogpost—it...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Mar 7, 20221 min read
😕 Confused between aims, objectives, and rationale?
Here's how they differ, but are still interconnected: 📌AIMS - Answers the WHAT? (WHAT will your work accomplish?) 📌OBJECTIVES - Answers...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Types of research
📌It is important to identify the type of research you are doing. Research is categorized into two types: 👉🏽Primary research...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Mar 7, 20221 min read
(—) ; (–) ; (‐)What are these❓
It took me a while into my editing journey to get a grasp on these! 👉🏽The longest one (—) is 'em dash' 👉🏽The shortest one (‐) is...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Mar 7, 20221 min read
World of science communication
My introduction to the world of science communication resulted from the frustration of not being able to translate my lab work into a...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 28, 20221 min read
TIME WORDS: While/ Since/ As
Often used interchangeably in writing...well, not anymore! DO NOT USE when NOT referring to time—they are time words—the name says it...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 28, 20221 min read
THAT Vs WHO—Deceivingly obvious, yet often misused!
It's very simple...really! THAT - when referring to things WHO - when referring to people e.g. An effective vaccine would be one 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Trouble-some twos: The case of Which Vs That
POINT TO REMEMBER #1 If the sentence makes sense and stands independently when you remove the part that you intend to put after...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Indefinite articles for abbreviations
Have you ever found yourself wondering whether a particular abbreviation is to be preceded by 𝗮/𝗮𝗻? The trick Use your ears (how it's...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 28, 20221 min read
ABBREVIATION Vs ACRONYM
Shortened form of a word is an ABBREVIATION An abbreviation that can be pronounced as a word is an ACRONYM e.g. MRI is an abbreviation,...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Are there any rules for capitalizations in abbreviations?
Well, not really... But, here are some useful tips to ensure consistency in your writing! Capitalize only the first alphabet of...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Pluralizing abbreviations—A classic case of unnecessarily complicating simple matters
If the word takes an 's' in the plural, so does its abbreviation. Electrocardiogram - ECG (Singular) Electrocardiograms - ECGs (Plural)...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Did you know, Et al and etc. are mixed abbreviations?
Here's what that implies... et al. Latin for 'and others'; et – Latin word for ‘and’; al – shortened form of Latin word ‘alii’ meaning...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Numbers and units
I have often seen numbers and their units written as one word (without any space or hyphen) e.g. 20ml Would you write 20flasks or 20...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Comma splice
A common punctuating mistake when an attempt is made to hold two completely independent sentences together to form one sentence. e.g....
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Trouble-some twos: The case of 'If' vs 'Then'
'If' should always be succeeded by 'then' e.g. If the scientists analyzed the PCR data, then the gene expression could be determined....
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 22, 20221 min read
OXFORD COMMA
The OXFORD COMMA aka serial comma or Harvard comma is the comma that appears before the last conjunction (and/or) in a list/series. e.g....
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Important tips for scientists aspiring to become science journalists
Scientists aspiring to become science journalists often find the process of interviewing their sources challenging. Years of being wary...
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Pialy Ghanekar
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Role of a 'sounding board' for an aspiring science communicator
A rule of thumb to follow if you aspire to be a science communicator or you are a researcher who wants to communicate research to the lay...
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