This presentation provides some basic tips and guidelines for writing articles.

2. THE MECHANICS OF WRITING

3. CAN SAVE LIVES.

9.  I am having a wonderful time.Wish
you were here.
 I am having a wonderful time.Wish
you were her.

10.  DO NOT USE:
 I think…
 I strongly argue
 I , we, our
 Which is the ‘subjective’ punctuation mark?
 DOYOU USE ACTIVEVOICE OR PASSIVE
VOICE INACADEMICWRITING?
 Please note this argument…

11. Avoid Ambiguities
 Phonetic ambiguity
He pronounced strongly. He pronounced
wrongly.
 Lexical ambiguity(Equivocation)
 Syntactic ambiguity(Amphiboly)
Avoid circumlocutions.
Avoid using many words when it can be said in
clearly in a few.

12.  Do not use pompous words or high-sounding
words for the sakke of it.

13.  The first sentence of your paper must be a
simple sentence.
 Do not use paragraph headings in literature
essays.
 The main idea of your paragraph(side-
heading) must be outlined in first sentence of
the paragraph called theTopical Sentence.
 An essay on pollution: Global warming,
Deforestation

14.  Ending a SentenceWith a Preposition
 Splitting Infinitives- to quickly run must be
replaced with to run quickly.
 Using Possessive Pronouns With Gerunds
 Not beginning a SentenceWith a
Conjunction
 Avoiding Sentence Fragments
 Using Gendered Pronouns