Scientific English: Getting your writing right

Scientific English: Getting your writing right
SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH: GETTING YOUR WRITING RIGHT Download PDFRead online The guide, prepared by Jerry Carr-Brion, PhD, gives useful advice on planning your writing, guidance on style and common errors to be avoided. You can find here: Things to do before you start writing Advice on style ? it should be simple, straightforward and as clear as possible Twenty Common Mistakes made by non-native speakers writers INTRODUCTION Writing scientific English when it isn?t your first language can be a challenge. Having aRead more ->

Language barrier should not stop your academic career

Language barrier should not stop your academic career

Some say that science is the universal language of the world. While it holds true for calculations, formulas and equations, other areas need natural languages. It is true that English has become the lingua franca of the scientific community. The expansion is so great that we sometimes forget that famous scientists were not actually native speakers of English. Quite a lot of people can quote Albert Einstein?s words and probably everyone can recognise him in pictures ? but who can

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Easter and spring traditions around the world

Easter and spring traditions around the world

The beginning of spring is one of the most invigorating moments of the year ? we see everything waking back to like and bringing hope of a new beginning. People have come up with various ways of celebrating both spring and Easter, an important religious holiday for a vast part of the world?s population. eCORRECTOR has gathered TOP 4 traditions developed to mark the coming of spring and Easter. The Easter bunny is one of the most recognisable symbols of

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eCORRECTOR at Russian Techtextil Week (20-23 March, 2018)

eCORRECTOR at Russian Techtextil Week (20-23 March, 2018)

Since 2003, the annual Russian Techtextil Week gathers exhibitors and potential customers to exchange business ideas and technical solutions for the application of technical textiles. The organisers describe it as ?a tailor-made business solution for the entire industry.? This year, we teamed up with the Tetex Technical Textiles Magazine and visited Moscow to see it for ourselves. The entire event focuses on presenting and exploring 12 product groups: fibres and yarns, wovens, nonwovens, coated textiles, technology, composites, bondtec, protective clothing,

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Our Longstanding Cooperation with the Scientific Journals of the Maritime University in Szczecin

Our Longstanding Cooperation with the Scientific Journals of the Maritime University in Szczecin

We have successfully cooperated with the Scientific Journals of the Maritime University in Szczecin for several years now. Throughout this period, we have proofread scientific papers in various disciplines ? navigation, engineering, transport, marine power plants, nautical issues and many others. Since 1973, the Scientific Journals has published numerous manuscripts, proceedings and theses concerning the most current research findings related to marine issues. An astounding number 61 papers has been published in 2017 only! Their most recent editorial mentions the

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eCORRECTOR at the V International Conference Medical Science Pulse ‘Interdisciplinary Science & Research’

eCORRECTOR at the V International Conference Medical Science Pulse ‘Interdisciplinary Science & Research’

22-23 May 2018 is a very important date for science ? it?s when the Medical Science Pulse conference takes place! This annual event gathers academics interested in the issue of interdisciplinarity, understood as the cooperation of scientists from various fields and combining research methods to obtain new information. This multidirectional approach has gained considerable attention of the academic community as it opens new planes for research, inaccessible if we close ourselves to traditional disciplines. The aim of the conference is

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Conferences with eCorrector! Where have we been?

Conferences with eCorrector! Where have we been?

There is always something going on in eCorrector! In the previous week we had the pleasure to participate in three conferences: Medical Science Pulse, #Translating Europe Workshop and XI Electrophysiological Conference. Medical Science Pulse The event, under the patronage of the Rector of the State Medical School of Higher Vocational School in Opole, focuses on the interdisciplinary nature of science and research, with particular emphasis on biomedical sciences, understood as a kind of scientific cooperation of researchers and the use

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Free language consultations online

Free language consultations online

Are you in the middle of writing a paper and have no idea how to express a point? Are you preparing an important response to reviewers and it is difficult to defend your view in a polite way? Perhaps you are ready to submit your publication, but have questions about the letter of recommendation? Or you want to apply for a position and need some advice on a scientific CV as well as a convincing letter? If you said yes

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2 February – The Groundhog Day

2 February – The Groundhog Day

Did you know that 2 February has been the Groundhog Day for over 200 years? This holiday is pompously celebrated in Northern America, especially in the state of Pennsylvania.  On that day, several thousand people travel to Punxsutawney to observe the most famous groundhog in the world. There reason for it lies in a weather-related prophecy. It is believed that if the groundhog leaves its burrow on 2 Feb, sees its shadow and quickly goes back in, winter will last

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Your 2018 scientific resolution

Your 2018 scientific resolution

As 2018 approached, many of us made a resolution ? to stop smoking, eat more healthy, read one book a week?How about your academic career? Have you made a commitment to improve your writing skills this year? We have delved into the depths of out Scientist?s Library to recommend our favourites ? and the choice was not that easy! One of the ways you can fulfil this promise ? whether you?ve made it earlier or are considering it just now

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