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English for Research: Grammar, Usage and Style

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Nouns: plurals, countable versus uncountable
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    Chapter 2 Genitive: the possessive form of nouns
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    Chapter 3 Indefinite article: a / an
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    Chapter 4 Definite article: the
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    Chapter 5 Zero article: no article
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    Chapter 6 Quantifiers: any, some, much, many, much, each, every etc.
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    Chapter 7 Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whose
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    Chapter 8 Tenses: present, past, future
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    Chapter 9 Conditional forms: zero, first, second, third
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    Chapter 10 Passive versus active: impersonal versus personal forms
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    Chapter 11 Imperative, infinitive versus gerund (−ing form)
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    Chapter 12 Modal verbs: can, may, could, should, must etc.
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    Chapter 13 Link words (adverbs and conjunctions): also, although, but etc.
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    Chapter 14 Adverbs and prepositions: already, yet, at, in, of etc.
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    Chapter 15 Sentence length, conciseness, clarity and ambiguity
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    Chapter 16 Word order: nouns and verbs
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    Chapter 17 Word order: adverbs
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    Chapter 18 Word order: adjectives and past participles
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    Chapter 19 Comparative and superlative: -er, -est , irregular forms
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    Chapter 20 Measurements: abbreviations, symbols, use of articles
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    Chapter 21 Numbers: words versus numerals, plurals, use of articles, dates etc.
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    Chapter 22 Acronyms: usage, grammar, plurals, punctuation
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    Chapter 23 Abbreviations and Latin words: usage meaning, punctuation
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    Chapter 24 Capitalization: headings, dates, figures etc.
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    Chapter 25 Punctuation: apostrophes, colons, commas etc.
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    Chapter 26 Referring to the literature
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    Chapter 27 Figures and tables: making reference, writing captions and legends
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    Chapter 28 Spelling: rules, US versus GB, typical typos
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    Chapter 29 Erratum: English for Academic Research: Grammar, Usage and Style
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Chapter title
Nouns: plurals, countable versus uncountable
Chapter number 1
Book title
English for Academic Research: Grammar, Usage and Style
Published by
Springer, Boston, MA, January 2013
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1593-0_1
Book ISBNs
978-1-4614-1592-3, 978-1-4614-1593-0
Authors

Adrian Wallwork, Wallwork, Adrian