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<p> <table width="98%" align="center" cellspacing="1" style="border:1px solid #486090;"> <tbody> <tr> <td cellpadding="3px" style="background-color:#486090; font-weidht:bold; color:white;">Quote:</td></tr> <tr> <td cellpadding="10px" style="background-color:#FFFFB0;"><ol> <li>Don't use adverbs. Quantify!</li> <li>Refer to a figure or table before discussing it -- not after. </li> <li>The first sentence of a paragraph should summarize the whole paragraph. </li> <li>Know the difference between "that" and "which".</li> <li>Be careful. Are you using "I", "we", or no identifier? Be consistent. Is it personal or objective? </li> <li>Be careful with past and present tense. Be consistent!</li> <li>Avoid extreme words such as optimal, best, always, never, perfect. A sentence containing such an extreme word is almost "always" inaccurate, and only invites the reader to argue with exceptions.</li> <li>Brevity. If you can say the same thing with fewer words, do it. It will be more powerful.</li> <li>Don't forget acknowlegements! Funding agencies, or sources of funding, people who provided valuable advice.</li> <li>Learn when to use hyphens</li> <li>Define an acronym the very first time you use it (in the main text, not in the abstract), and then only use the acronym from then on.</li> <li>Use Fig., Tab. and Eq. with the same abbreviation and capitalization consistently throughout. </li> <li>Every paragraph should have more than one sentence, and see #3.</li> </ol></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p><p> </p>
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