paper
How to Read a Paper recommends a three-pass approach.
- novel: new, original
- respectively: commonly used in math paper.
- state of the art: cutting-edge
Here are some commonly misspoken words with their (American English) pronunciations. Unless stated otherwise, all the pronunciations are in IPA and taken from Wiktionary.
- cache /kæʃ/ (same with cash)
- et al. /ɛtˈɑːl/, /eɪˈtɑːl/, /ɛtˈæl/
- heuristic /hjuˈɹɪstɪk/, /hjʊˈɹɪstɪk/
- mechanism /ˈmɛkənɪzm/
- parenthesis /pəˈrɛnθəsɪs/
- regime /rəˈʒim/, /ˈreɪʒim/
- tilde /ˈtɪldə/, /ˈtɪldi/
- variable /ˈveɹ.i.ə.bl̩/, /ˈvæɹ.i.ə.bl̩/
Here are some commonly misspoken names:
- aim at sth, aim to do sth
- "travelling" in Commonwealth, "traveling" in US
- "fulfil" in UK, "fulfill" in US
- "due to the following reasons" is OK
- transmitter (double t)
- "regarding", "concerning", "as for" are good; "in regards to" is bad; "in regard to", "as regards" are ugly.
- in spatial-temporal domain, over time and space
- "classical" is narrower, and usually relates to well-defined historical periods; "classic" is broader.
- tough to put in practice
- among other advantages
- facilitate
- time resolution
- to this end
The information is from Grammar Girl.
- With coordinating conjuctions: Yes and No
You should not use a semicolon with a coordinating conjuction (and, so, but, yet, for) to join two main clauses. That's the job of comma. However, there are instances where you can use a semicolon with a coordinating conjuction. First, if you have a long sentence with multiple clauses, some of which contains internal punctuations such as a comma, you can use a semicolon with a coordinating conjuction to make the separation more clear. The coordinating conjuction is actually optinal, but it add the flow of the sentence. (However, according to Grammar Monster, many people consider it old fashioned.) Second, if you are listing elements which contain comma, you need to use a semicolon to separate the list of elements.
- With conjuctive adverbs and transitional phrases
You can use a semicolon with conjuctive adverbs (however, therefore, indeed) and transitional phrases ("for example", "as a result", "in other words").
