Writing a sound paragraph is really just amatter of thinking clearly about a topic you have researched and transferring that thinking to the page.
I am a little bit confused about what is a sound paragraph. Is all paragraph in our paper required to be sound?
Passive language, although extremely com-mon in scientific writing, is a bore that your readers’eyes will tend to glide over without taking in. Some-times passivity is easy to spot, sometimes less so.But it is almost always dull.
The author think that Passive language is dull and recommend us to use active language. In fact I never consider this two kinds of sentences have different level of attraction. This is a useful advice to me.
a badly written abstract almost guaranteesthat no one will read the paper itself
It is really interesting to know that author believes that the abstract is the most important element and the author even does not use "one of." Although I agree that abstraction is important but I always consider it is as important as introduction.His statement lets me realize that abstraction is the very beginning of the paper and it does play the essential rode on attracting reader.
plagiarism of ideas and plagiarism of text.
It is really interesting to hear that author divides plagiarism forms in this two kinds of plagiarism. I think this two forms are dependent since authors' idea is conveyed in their texts.
Other errors include situations in which an idea claimed to be completely original by its author/s may have actually been articulated earlier by someone else.
I also met this situation, sometimes I find that it is really hard to tell which one's idea is original when I read similar idea in different articles but they did not mention that it has work citation.
The title should summarize the paper’s main idea and identify the variables under discussion and the relationship between them.
Since we need to contain all of these information in title, is there any world limitations here (I see the running head cannot exceed 50 characters).
Discussion
I never considered discussion was a independent section in research paper before. I just wonder whether we need conclusion in previous section once there is discussion section.
The overall ob)ective of this research is to develop, test and re~e ~p~lication of gene probes f ~r rapi.d. · dctccti / antification of the toxic dinoflagellate Pfiestena pzscimorte (gen. et sp. nov.), mall its routine on qu u· • s 'fi b·..-; t · stages, from natural estuarine waters and sediments and from aquaculture fac 1ties. pec1 co ~~uves o accomplish this goal are as follows:
The author introduce both the overall objective and specific objectives. It gives reader a logical feeling and make reader understand what the author want to do comprehensively.
and kills is criticaUy needed In order to develop effective ~anagement strategies to predict its toxic activity and mitigate Im acute and ~ dfects oo our eswarlne fisheries. c
The author highlights this sentence. It makes the reader pay more attention to this conclusion about why methodology really matters in this program.
emphasis and development may differ considerably in the two genres, due to the different audiences these texts address and the purposes for which they are written.
I think in this part, I know more clearly about research proposal by showing the difference between proposals and research reports.
n addition to examining the main argument or project description, funding agencies will request an abstract or summary, a table of contents, a complete budget, biographical information about the investigator(s), and other supporting material pertinent to the type of reseat~ being proposed
This statement describe the requirement of funding agencies really elaborately. No matter what kinds of proposals, there are similar procedures we need to accomplish as well as specific information we need to .provide. The research proposal should be rigorous so It is really necessary to make clear how to complete the requirement of funding agencies.
a rigid adherence to all grammatical “rules” would render a writing devoid of style,
It is a very unique to read this sentence. This statement consider finding the balance between grammatical rules and writing style.
Poor sentence construction and grammatical solecisms are all too common in both written and oral reports of scientific findings.
I think it really is a common problem In my writing. It is really useful for me to read the article about solving this problem.
Since we read from left to right, we prefer the context on the left, where we can more effectively familiarize the reader. We prefer the new, important information on the right, since its job is to intrigue the reader.
This statement with the example mentioned above broaden my horizon since I never think about different forms of information will bring different experience of reading even though the information is the same. It helps me to know what readers would prefer and can be used in my writing.
Readers do not simply read; they interpret
I agree with it. Shakespeare once wrote that "there are a thousand hamlets in a thousand people's eyes." Different people will have different interpretations toward the same reading so it is really important to consider what the readers feel after they read.
It is encouraging that the Letter writersagree on a few central principles.
It is really interested to see how the writers of Letter consider about this topic after providing so many facts and views about framing sciences.
Although I agree, suggesting that sci-entists accept and use popular frames presentscertain risks.
I think It is a quite clear statement not only for arguing the author's own view toward the quotation but also used as the transition and properly introducing the risks of framing science after talking about its advantages.
;~•;entrality of communication in science? To ilie casual observer, the ph_rase_may seem somewhat nonsensical if not patently f,!lse.
The author begins with this topic by using rhetorical question and introduce the confusion that we readers probably have. Communication is the essential part in science. Without other's thought, knowledge that individuals' build alone is incomplete and is full of defect.
efore reading further, try the classic "nine-dot problem:.. presented_ m F1?'1re 1.1. In the ne..xt five minutes, connect all the dots below with only four straight lines ai1d witl1aut lifting your pencil from the page
I think it is a very good example to show the phenomenon that solution often cannot be found within our current cognitive framework. The introduction of this game successfully catches my attention and makes the reading become more interesting.