Yateendra Joshi

Hyphens are of two kinds, accidental and intentional. 

Constructions like ‘the data reveal that’, ‘Table 1 shows that’, or ‘Figure 2 indicates that’ are common in research papers. But do you know how to use the terms "to reveal," "to show," and "to…

Tables and figures, although important components of many research papers, are just that—components; you can publish a paper without them but you cannot publish tables or figures without a paper. And…

Science demands precision, and part of mastering a subject involves learning the exact differences between words that mean more or less the same thing. An entomologist, for example...

For most researchers, one of the biggest challenges is to generate text or to deal with the task of translating your research findings into a research paper. This article offers some tips that will…

Headings or headlines are a special kind of text and are not as rigidly governed by conventions of punctuation. Read more...

During the process of writing a research paper, authors may sometimes find themselves struggling to choose one word or term over the other. This post deals with and clarifies the difference between…

To choose the right word from a pair or a group of words with similar meaning, we may consult a dictionary of synonyms. However, there are words that are so similar in their meaning that they are…

In a list of bullet points, whether each item begins with a capital letter depends on the punctuation mark that comes before the item. A capital letter typically marks the beginning of a sentence.

Novice researchers are often discouraged from using the first person pronouns I and we in their writing, and the most common reason given for avoiding the use of the first person