A-manual-for-writers-of-research-papers-theses-and-dissertations

sentencesquoted material ending in, 354series items and, 298, 302comments on final paper and checking of, 120first, final draft and new, 106–107numbers beginning, spelled out, 320oral presentations and, 123–124outlining and use of, 63, 64polishing, 118revision of: active vs. passive verbs, choosing, 115–116; avoid interrupting subject or verbs, 112–113;avoid long introductory phrases and clauses, 111; diagnosing others' writing, 117–118; first personpronouns, use of, 116–117; focus on first seven or eight words, principles for, 110; goals for, 109–110;key actions in verbs, 113; old-information-first principle, 113–115; subject short and concrete, 111–112;word meaning and usage, 118superscript location and, 141–142, 151–152, 154, 349, 351sentence-style capitalization, method for, 315. See also capitalization series (book), citation of, 172–173, 240series (numbers), spelled-out, 321Shakespeare, citation of works of, 190, 256ships, names of, 311short stories, titles of, 316 sic, use of, 352–353signature numbers, 176–177, 197, 243significance (So what? question)agreement or disagreement with sources and, 39anticipating reader question of, 7, 10–11of claim, 51, 70conceptual questions and, 10–11conclusion and statement of, 107“elevator story” version of, 127–128introduction and: final, 103, 105; working, 65larger issue addressed by question, 7, 13oral presentations and, 124, 126single quotation mark, 305–306, 307, 349, 354slashes, forward and backwardwww.itpub.net