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Myth: It’s a stylistic mistake to end a sentence with a preposition Prepositions (e.g. in, on, to, about, as, of, ) show the relationships between things, and the notion that no self-respecting writer ends a sentence with a preposition has been discussed at length. You will get this advice only in the form of prescriptive advice, and it

Avoid gender bias In the English language, we have no singular, gender-neutral personal pronouns in the third person. Our options are he, he, and it; him and her; and his, hers, and its. This creates problems when we need to refer to a single thing (say, a doctor), but don’t want to repeat the word. Take an example sentence to show the problem: Inelegant:

Using tenses in scientific writing Tense considerations for science writing When you write an experimental report, or draft a thesis chapter, you need to choose which tense, or tenses, to use. This flyer provides advice intended to help you become more conscious of what the choice of verb tense involves, and to become better able

Using definite and indefinite articles (the/a/an) in a thesis English has two types of articles: definite (the) and indefinite (a/an). You can improve the articles that appear in your thesis by: not using unnecessary articles with plural nouns, not using “a” or “an” with uncountable nouns, using articles with singular countable nouns, correctly choosing “a”

Capitalization in Titles and Headings There are three main options for capitalizing chapter and section headings within your thesis: capitalizing all significant words, capitalizing only the first word, and a combination of the two. The three heading capitalization styles First, you can capitalize every significant word. Option 1: All significant words capitalized Chapter 3 Literature