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English Writing

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Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting

summary good ways to write English articles, at least scientific writings:

Preferred Expressions in Scientific Writing

  1. therefore, henceforth > so

  2. although > though

  3. etc. > and so on …

English Vocabulary

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  1. beneficiary

  2. perfunctory

Alike

  1. bimonthly vs semimonthly

  2. every one vs everyone, every thing vs everything, etc.

  3. numeric vs numerical

Culture

chicken: white meant -> breast, dark meat -> leg

Grammar Mistake

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  1. I'm on vocation and will answer you email when I'm back to office.

  2. I'm on vocation and will answer your email when I'm back to office.

  3. I'm on vacation and will …

English Names

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  1. Almost all English names ending with "e" are female names.

  2. A person named William might use either Will or Bill for short.

Male Names

  1. Andrew -> Andy

  2. Benjamin/Benjamini -> Ben

  3. Christopher -> Chris …