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Thing > factor: Finding formal alternatives to informal words

Informal language is a no go in academic writing. It’s best to avoid words or phrases like nice, weird, and lots of, and to use formal alternatives instead. But how do you find these?

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    Hilde van Zeeland
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Product update

The new Writefull for Overleaf gets even better

The new Writefull for Overleaf was announced last month, bringing even faster and easier language editing in Overleaf thanks to its new features. And now it got even better!The quality of its

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
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Product update

Writefull launches a new version of its Overleaf extension

Writefull for Overleaf provides real-time language feedback in the Overleaf LaTeX editor, using Deep Learning models trained on millions of published journal articles. Thanks to this, it can identify parts of your text

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
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Writefull

Writefull implements a new Track Changes functionality

Writefull has been busy developing support for Track Changes in Word, allowing users to keep track of the changes automatically made to their document by Writefull.Instead of scrolling through their document and

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
1 min read
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New language models added to Writefull

At Writefull, we are constantly improving our language models. Through training, testing, and expanding our model base, we ensure that Writefull’s language feedback is the best out there - in quality, coverage, and speed.

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    Hilde van Zeeland
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Academic writing

Common ESL errors in academic writing - Part 2: Articles

English is nowadays the global language of science. Most scientific papers are published in English, even in some countries where English isn’t the first language (L1). But it is common for non-native

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
3 min read
Academic writing

Phrasal verbs in academic writing

As verbs consisting of two or three separate parts, often with idiomatic meanings, phrasal verbs can be challenging for non-native speakers. And yet in everyday speech, one should be able to use phrasal

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
3 min read
Academic writing

Conciseness in academic writing

When drafting an essay or research paper, it can be tempting to write more than you need. But journal editors often complain that papers lack clarity, due to too many words and clauses

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
2 min read
Academic writing

Common ESL errors in academic writing - Part 1: Prepositions

English is nowadays the global language of science. Most scientific papers are published in English, even in some countries where English isn’t the first language (L1). But it is common for non-native

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
2 min read
Academic writing

Academic writing tips in times of anxiety

In our latest blog post, we announced our collaboration with Cambridge University Press to help streamline the publication process of COVID-19 research. But doing research in such anxious times can itself be difficult,

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    Mélodie Garnier
1 min read
Publishers

Cambridge University Press trials Writefull to expedite COVID-19 research

CUP and Writefull have set up a collaboration to streamline the publication of COVID-19-related research.

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    Hilde van Zeeland
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Publishers

Writefull successfully piloted by publisher Hindawi

Over the last few months, Open Access publisher Hindawi has piloted Writefull. The first results are very positive.

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    Hilde van Zeeland
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Writefull

Writing a research paper? Use other papers as examples!

Sometimes we simply don’t know if we’re choosing the right words, or using them correctly. Good news: You can now use Writefull’s database to explore how words and phrases are used in scientific publications.

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    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
Academic writing

Does Smith suggest, claim, or propose? On reporting verbs

How do you discuss other authors’ work? In this blog post, we show you what reporting verbs you can use - and how Writefull helps you choose them.

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    Hilde van Zeeland
2 min read
Academic writing

Academic writing: seven language tips

It’s hard to get work published that is not well-written. So what are the do’s and don’ts? We here give you seven language tips for your next paper.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
2 min read
Writefull

This will save you time writing academic papers

One of the hardest parts of writing a paper is putting the pieces of information together. Writefull's sentence palette helps you with this.

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    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
Academic writing

How to improve your academic writing

Not sure how to acquire the skill of academic writing? We give you five tips. These are mostly habits; do them regularly and you'll improve your writing - you’ll see.

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    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
Writefull

The new Writefull is here!

The new Writefull has been launched! This new version uses Deep Learning algorithms and massive language databases to give you feedback on your texts.

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    Hilde van Zeeland
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