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How to structure your abstract

What should an abstract cover? We analyzed the language patterns of 250,000 scientific abstracts to find out.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
2 min read
Product update

The Sentence Palette just got three times bigger!

One of Writefull’s star features, Sentence Palette, has been considerably expanded to offer an even greater range of academic phrases to incorporate into your texts.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
1 min read
Academic Word of the Month

Academic word of the month: AFFECT

Meanings*: (Verb) 1. Have an effect on; make a difference to "Sunlight exposure affects vitamin D production" 2. Touch the feelings of; move emotionally "This painful experience affected him greatly&

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
2 min read
Product update

New: Writefull’s automatic title generator

We’re always looking for ways to revolutionize academic writing through AI. This week, we’re bringing you a little widget that automatically creates a title from your paper’s abstract, using an in-house model.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
Product update

Language Search and Sentence Palette added to Writefull for Overleaf

‘Sentence Palette’ and ‘Language Search’, two distinguishing features of Writefull for Word, are now available in Writefull for Overleaf! This much anticipated addition means Overleaf users can now go beyond the language check to improve their academic writing.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
1 min read
Academic writing

Choosing a title for your paper

It’s the last thing on your mind when writing a paper, but the first thing readers see. Not only is a title important to attract attention, but also to make your work discoverable. In this blog, we give some general tips and ideas of titles for your paper.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
1 min read
Corpus analysis

How to introduce your study

In this post, we share a few tips for introducing the purpose of your work, together with phrases for you to use - extracted from our database of scientific articles.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
2 min read
Corpus analysis

Academic writing errors to avoid: Prepositions

We analyzed which preposition errors are most common in academic writing. Make sure you avoid these!

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
Academic Word of the Month

Academic word of the month: SIGNIFICANT

(Adj.) Meanings*: 1. sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy e.g. This could have a significant effect on the outcome of the election. 2. having a particular meaning; indicative

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
2 min read
Writefull

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?

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
2 min read
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!

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
1 min read
Product update

Writefull launches a new version of its Overleaf extension

With a new version of its language check extension now out, Writefull brings even faster and easier language editing within Overleaf.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
1 min read
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.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
1 min read
Writefull

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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
Academic writing

Common ESL errors in academic writing - Part 2: Articles

This blog is the second in a series on the topic of common ESL errors in academic writing, and looks at errors in the use of articles.

  • 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. How common are they in academic writing, and how are they used?

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
3 min read
Academic writing

Conciseness in academic writing

Convoluted language is a major impediment to text comprehension, and nowhere is comprehension more important than when communicating research findings. Read on for some top tips to make your writing more concise.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
2 min read
Academic writing

Common ESL errors in academic writing - Part 1: Prepositions

This blog is the first in a series on the topic of common ESL errors in academic writing, and looks at ESL errors in the use of prepositions.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
2 min read
Academic writing

Academic writing tips in times of anxiety

Doing research in such anxious times can be difficult, and many researchers find themselves struggling to sustain the focus and concentration required to write academic papers. Read on for our three tips on how to keep going.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
Publishers

Writefull successfully piloted by Open Access publisher

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

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read

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