WRITING A PAPER IN THE STANDARD SCIENTIFIC FORMAT

A useful strategy, unless your paper is for academic credit where you are supposed to be working alone, is to have a friend (preferably more than one!) read a draft and make written comments on it. If they are puzzled or unsure of your meaning, then assume you have not been completely clear. Rewrite that section(s), even if you think your draft-reader was just being obtuse. Your object is to ... ................
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