English grammar rules

Lately, while going through an archive of readings that I have on one of my external USB-disks, I found a humorous article about writing in English. It is said that back in the 1940′s, the following message was prominently displayed at the front of the main chemistry lecture hall at a major university: “The English [...]

Read Full Post »

Universities that offer free courses online

No one doubts nowadays that education matters. Fairly often, the better the education one can afford, both from the perspectives of content and prestige, the more doors will be open in the future. Good for you, if you live in the US/the UK/Canada/Australia where the top rated universities are aggregated (source: university rankings). But what [...]

Read Full Post »

Phrase book for researchers and scientists

While writing my master thesis paper one year ago, I was lucky enough to find a perfect book for researchers and all people who deal with scientific writing. PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research in English written by Stephen Howe and Kristina Henriksson is very well structured. It can help one to write an article [...]

Read Full Post »