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To make the most economical use of sending your writing to a professional editor, you want to personally proofread your work beforehand. But what’s the best way to do that? There are a great many resources out there available to you that can help you proofread your writing before you have a professional...

You’ve finished writing your paper. Now what? This article details 10 steps to proofreading success. The first step should always be to run spell check. The fastest way to do this in MS Word is to use the shortcut on the keyboard, F7; otherwise, you can find the spelling & grammar check function...

Unless a native English speaker learns another language, he or she can never truly appreciate how difficult the English language really is. For example, articles (a, an, the) simply do not exist in many languages, particularly Asian languages, which makes it incredibly difficult for a non-native English...

The first step in writing a paper for publication is to identify the target journal, as this will determine your audience and the level of scrutiny by the referees. It will also influence your writing style, the length and the format of the paper. Most journals have specific formatting and submission...

The scientific community is large and very active. Publishing research results in peer-reviewed journals is the best way to communicate your results to a wide audience. However, as most internationally classified journals are published in the English language, the scientists for whom English is not the...