por Valeria diGiacomo | 11/10/2022 | Advice, Scientific writing
Failure in creating a good flow of paragraphs is often the reason why a text might be difficult to follow. ❌ If a writer begins sentences with new elements of information, readers may be unable to relate them to what they already know. 😩 To generate a good flow...
por Valeria diGiacomo | 05/10/2022 | Advice, Scientific writing
When you write a scientific article, you should structure your ideas in a way that your readers can easily follow. However, sometimes scientific prose can be difficult to understand. ❌ All readers expect more or less the same things in the same places, and violating...
por Valeria diGiacomo | 28/09/2022 | Advice, Scientific writing
The core of every phrase in English is the subject-verb (S-V) relationship. When you put modifiers, phrases, or clauses between these essential parts, ❌ you can make it harder for the readers to understand you. 😩 Readers expect subjects to be close to verbs. By...
por Valeria diGiacomo | 06/09/2022 | Scientific writing
The problems we address as scientists are complex, but the way we explain them should not be so. We often add unnecessary complexity to our texts by using sophisticated words arranged in long sentences. ❌ If you speak a Romance language (e.g., Spanish, Italian, or...
por Marc Font | 05/10/2021 | Grants
In this post, we will focus on how to prepare document B1 of your ERC proposal. There are three parts in an application: part A (administrative part), part B1, and part B2. Initially, reviewers will only have access to B1, so it is important to make a good impression....
