Grammar

Getting a research paper approved is a difficult job. Also, know that writing a research paper is quite difficult and different from writing blog content or articles for a website.

There are different things that you have to take into consideration while you are writing a research paper. This post will discuss all of the important things demanded by researchers and the dos and don&#39;ts you need to focus on. Here you must know that a research paper is the only way to convey the researcher&#39;s findings, efforts, and hard work!&nbsp;

Components of research papers that are important for acceptance!

Here we have discussed the important components you need to add to the research paper to get it accepted.

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	<li style="list-style-type:disc">First, you have to make sure that your research paper has a proper introduction to tell readers about the thesis statement. The introduction of the research paper is simply going to summarize the accomplishments you want to achieve with the research paper.&nbsp;</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:disc">The second most important component is the literature review. You need to ensure that the language and style you are using in the content are according to the academic standpoints.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:disc">In research work, you have to collect information about different paper parts. All of the information you collect should be presented systematically.&nbsp;</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:disc">Once you have presented all kinds of information in the research paper and have analyzed the data properly, you need to discuss the results. Discussing your findings in results is very important as it would tell readers whether you have proved your thesis statement or not.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:disc">Then comes the conclusion, which is yet another important component of the research paper. In conclusion, you have to state the purpose of your research.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:disc">At the end of the research paper, you have to make sure that you add citations and references to the sources that have helped you in your research work.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Do&#39;s and Don&#39;ts that you need to consider in a research paper!</h3>

Here we have discussed all the things you need to do and all the ones you need to avoid while writing a research paper.

<h3>Ten Do&#39;s!</h3>

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	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">It would be best if you made sure that all the content in the research paper is clear and concise. In a research paper, you don&#39;t have to write stories. Get to the point and be precise.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Always highlight the ideas and the research method you have used in the research paper.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Introduce your ideas and thoughts in the research paper. This way, you can make your work unique and get away from plagiarism accusations.&nbsp;</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Always provide accurate and up-to-date information to your readers.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">All the content in the research paper should be relevant to the topic/thesis statement. Going off track would damage the quality of the paper.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Present information with logic and proof. Always get solid evidence.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Always use professional language, tone, and style in the research paper.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Please keep track of all the references you have used in your research paper to cite them later.&nbsp;</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">You have to provide a 100% unique paper, plagiarism is not bearable in research. You need to check plagiarism in it with the help of a <a href="https://www.plagiarismchecker.co/" style="text-decoration:none">free online plagiarism checker</a>.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">&nbsp;Always proofread the research paper multiple times before you submit it. For finding and removing human errors from the paper, you can use a <a href="https://www.plagiarismchecker.co/grammar-check" style="text-decoration:none">free grammar checker</a> to ensure there is no grammatical error.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Ensure that the research paper is well structured. To improve its quality, it should have multiple headings, subheadings, and other attractive elements.</li>
</ol>

<h3>The Don&#39;ts&nbsp;</h3>

<ol>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Never present wrongful information in the research paper. You have to be honest with your readers.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Don&#39;t include the information or text that is irrelevant.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Don&#39;t copy content from already published sources, as a modern online plagiarism checker can easily highlight duplication in your work. If you don&#39;t want your research paper rejected because of plagiarism, don&#39;t steal content and always use a plagiarism tool for authentication.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Don&#39;t increase the length of the research paper. To the point, data is always sufficient.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Don&#39;t mention any stupid reasons for making the research paper.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Don&#39;t create lengthy sentences and passages. You have to make the information digestible for the readers. You can only do it by formally structuring your post.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Don&#39;t ignore the quality of content in the research paper. Ensure that it is well written and free of all human errors. Use a grammar checker if necessary.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Don&#39;t avoid proofreading your research paper. If you don&#39;t proofread your paper, there is always a chance of getting rejected. You can use online proofreading tools to save time and effort. Today you have free access to an online plagiarism checker to check for plagiarism and to perform a <a href="https://www.duplichecker.com/grammar-checker.php" style="text-decoration:none">grammar check online</a> you can use a grammar checker.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Don&#39;t cite information that you have collected from Wikipedia. Find another credible source to cite.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:decimal">Don&#39;t generalize the research paper. It should be meaningful, informative, and engaging at the same time.</li>
</ol>

These are some of the do&#39;s and don&#39;ts that you need to focus on while creating a research paper!
 
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Things that researchers demand to accept papers - Do's and don'ts

How to learn English grammar? Visit our site with the descriptions, examples and a lot of tests.

How to learn English grammar? 
 
Once you have started to learn a foreign language you want to use it, speak it, write it and above all communicate with others. But as we say, you have to learn to walk before you can run. You have to learn something about the way words work together, the way you can express different times or tenses, the way you use adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and so on. But if you are determined to get control of the language, understand it and use it properly, you must not let the things I have listed stop you. One thing at a time. Gradually bit by bit if you work hard, you will find success. The one word that sometimes makes people frightened when they start to learn a new language is "grammar". But don't worry about that word because it's only a very general title used to cover the workings of the language. The danger comes when you let grammar get in the way while you are learning. Remember that it was people who created the language in the first place. The "grammar people" or the grammarians came later. 

On our site we have a wealth of different <A HREF="https://english.best/tests/">multiple choice tests</A>, texts and stories which show grammar in context. Those are the words I want to stress – in context. It's no good learning just the meaning of a new word, or the function of a tense or the use of a particular preposition because you also have to see how they behave in a sentence or in a paragraph. At the same time we want to make this information as enjoyable as possible and that's why we like to introduce an element of humour and lightness into our materials. The American songwriter, Robert B Sherman among his many lyrics wrote a song in a musical about teaching children how to deal with unpleasant tasks. The most famous line is: A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. The medicine in our case is "grammar" and we add the "sugar" to make it more pleasant for you. 
 
<A HREF="https://forum.english.best/">Our forums</A> too are at your service. Here you can express an opinion for discussion, ask questions about the tests and any other language points that you want to raise. We are not "doctors" giving you nasty "grammar" medicine to swallow. We are here to help you communicate with other people. Do as the waiter says when the food you have ordered is put on the table in front of you: Enjoy. 
 
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ENGLISH 
 
1. <A HREF="https://forum.english.best/">ARTICLES</A> 
Explanations of the words article/definite/indefinite and also related words like articulate/define/definition and so on. Then examples of the use of the articles with sentences showing them at work and also the occasions when no article is used. 
 
2. MODALS 
Again definitions of the word modal and related words. Explanations of may/must/can/would/will and so on. 
 
3. <A HREF="https://english.best/questions/1084,which-of-these-is-a-passive-sentence-it-is-___/">PASSIVE</A> 
Definitions of passive and related words. Use of the passive with examples. Comments on why it's used in place of active. 
 
4. <A HREF="https://english.best/tests/relative-pronouns/">RELATIVE PRONOUNS</A> 
Explain word relative and related words. Examples of their use. 
 
5. TENSES 
General introduction to tenses and the meaning of the word - then divide into examples of each tense with illustrative sentences. 
 
6. ADJECTIVES 
Explain the word and its function. Use of several adjectives together. Formation of adjectives. 
 
7. <A HREF="https://english.best/questions/adverbs/">ADVERBS</A> 
Explain the word and its function. Refer to the different types of adverb -again with illustrative sentences 
 
8. PUNCTUATION 
Brief introduction to purpose of punctuation - and what happens in its absence. Illustrative sentences. Explanation of various punctuation marks 
 
9. CONDITIONALS 
Explanation of the word and related words. Different types of conditional standard ones and mixed ones with illustrative sentences. 
 
10. PHRASAL VERBS 
Definition of what a phrasal verb is and examples of how they are used. Choice of some of the most common used in sentences. 
 
11. VERB FORMS 
Commentary on principal parts of the verb such as infinitive, gerund, participles and so on. Illustrative sentences. 
 
12. SUBJUNCTIVE 
Introduction to this formation and its use. 
 
13. 
Meaning of the word. Use of prepositions and their position in the sentence. Notes about groups/pairs of the most common prepositions and their differences as under/below/beneath. 
 
14. CONJUNCTIONS 
Definition and purpose and position of conjunctions - examples in sentences of the most common. 
 
15. REPORTED/INDIRECT SPEECH 
Again explanation of 'reported', 'direct', 'indirect' and related words. Reasons for use and formation. 

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How to learn English grammar?

How to learn English? How to learn English grammar? How to become ESL teacher?

The important thing about a conversation is that two people are talking to one another about a particular topic. The question is: How can you and I talk to each other about English when you don't know me and I don't know you? Let me try to explain. I have taught English for many years now and I think I know many of the problems that a learner of English faces. You can look up words, phrases, constructions, grammatical points in literally thousands of grammar books. They will tell you that this is right and that is wrong. 

They will tell you some people say this and some people say that. Now I am not being rude about grammar books. They are very important and also very useful when there is a question in your mind about something you want to say or write and something you want to check to make sure that what you write and say is correct. I have no intention of even thinking about going into competition with any of these grammar books. I only want to talk about the different elements in the language. When I say 'talk', what I mean is write about these elements in a way that is as near as talking as I can manage. And that brings me back to what I said at the beginning about a conversation. I want to have a conversation with you and want to imagine that you are 'listening to' or reading what I have written. The 'conversation' bit from you is when I have to imagine what you want to ask me. That is the part that you will have to accept. Only in that way can we have any sort of communication. I can only hope that you are still reading and want to carry on with this conversation. 

There are no tests or questions in this collection of articles. I am not going to check to see if you have understood what I have explained. I know if you want to that you can read something again that you haven't understood. You can decide to read section 4 without reading section 3 and perhaps come back to section 3 later. This isn't a story although of course there is a main character in the collection, called English. 

It's worth remembering that there is of course a language used to describe language. Special terms are sometimes used and they can be confusing. Why do we talk about finite and infinite verbs? Why do some people talk about the 'ing form' and others the gerund? What is a relative pronoun and come to that what is a pronoun? Words like these need to be explained so that we both know what we're talking about. That's why with each section headed by one of these words I have tried to explain what the word means. 

And talking of words I see no point in learning any new word in isolation, on its own. A word is interesting in itself from the point of view of formation and sound but it has a job to do. The best way to know what that job entails is to see it at work in a sentence, in a context. That way you can avoid using the word in the wrong sense. Apart from having a meaning in context, a word is also part of a family. It can sometimes be a verb and also a noun. It can change into an adjective or an adverb with a slight change or addition of other letters. To know the word properly you have to know the family it belongs to. Learning new words this way is less frightening because the individual word isn't just another word to add to your vocabulary list but part of a group. Once you get to know the group, the separate members are easier to keep in your mind. One way to find out the meaning of a word pf course is to look it up in a dictionary. If you're going to do that, make sure it's a big dictionary. Small dictionaries can obviously provide the first step but because they don't have enough space, they can also mislead. Big dictionaries give you more depth and the best ones show you how and when the word is used. 

Now in any conversation, which as I have said is the style I want to use in this book, there are bound to be expressions and idioms (don't worry we'll come on to this second type of expression later on). This isn't going to be a grammar book where every word and phrase has to be measured and considered before it can be used – it's going to be as near as I can make it to how I would be talking to you and that's why I use these expressions, some of which it's not easy always to explain from a logical point of view. If I think that the idiom is not obvious in meaning immediately, I will add an explanation in brackets so that you don't get lost. 

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How to use expressions with 'order' and 'disorder'? Alan explained in his story about chaos.

Expressions with the word order or "Order into chaos" 
 
In this story you will find words and expressions in the first half to do with order, tidiness and correctness but in the second half you will find their opposite &#151; words and expressions to do with disorder. 

That is why I have called this story

<H2 class="hhtf">Order into Chaos</H2>

Maurice Carpenter used to love order. Everything had to be in its place. You only had to look at his desk to realise that; there were three rows of pencils all lined up, two rows of pens and a pad of paper dead centre in the middle of his desk. Everything you could say was in apple pie order. His appearance also gave you a clue to his fondness for fastidiousness. His head was immaculate as there wasn't a hair out of place. His tie, as he always wore one even on holiday, was totally symmetrical. 

Maurice had a very important job, at least he thought so. He worked for the district council as one of the planning officers. He and his colleagues had the responsibility to check whether the local residents had submitted plans for alterations to their houses correctly. Whereas the other two were fairly lenient, Maurice was a nitpicker, which is another word for a fusspot, which is another word for someone who insists that every detail is correct and all the "i's" are dotted and all the "t's" are crossed. People would sometimes have to wait weeks for a decision if their plans were not correct down to the last detail. He inherited this liking for precision from his father whose favourite saying was "There's a place for everything and everything has its place." He grew up knowing where everything was in the house. As a result nothing was ever lost or misplaced. His long-suffering mother knew her place as well. Heaven forbid if she didn't lay the cutlery in the right way at mealtimes. If a fork or a knife were even slightly askew, there would be a long lecture about tidiness. Correct car parking was another obsession that Maurice inherited from his father. Whenever he went shopping in a large supermarket, he would take down the numbers of those cars that were not properly aligned within the white lines and report them to reception. Most of the receptionists knew him and assured him the matter would be reported and then did nothing about it. At work he would also accept what his boss told him even when he really disagreed. He never stepped out of line. His boss knew he could rely on him to toe the line on every occasion. But all this stopped one hot July morning 3 years ago. 

At precisely 8.36 Maurice arrived at work having parked his car in his special space and having assured himself that the car was bang in the middle. As he walked into his office he saw a young woman sitting by his desk. At first glance he thought how untidy and dishevelled she was. She was the complete antithesis of what a young woman should look like. Her hair was a mess, for starters. Her jacket was crumpled as well. Maurice found it difficult not to tut tut aloud at her unkempt appearance at least from the back. When he came to sit at his desk and see her from the front, something inside him snapped. He felt strange and this to him was totally out of order because he didn't usually take much notice of young women in the office especially if they looked as disorderly as she did. But she did have wonderfully blue eyes and a dazzling smile though perhaps her lower lip was a little lopsided. She had come, she explained to query a decision about the garage she wanted to be built next to her house. As she clumsily argued her case, Maurice found he was not listening but gazing into her bright blue eyes. His thoughts for the first time in his life were jumbled and chaotic. At the end of her explanation he found himself agreeing to her objection and even against his will he was asking her out. Within weeks they were engaged and not longer after they married in a small church with a crooked spire, which actually made Maurice laugh. They now have two children whose toys lie higgledy-piggledy over the floor. They run helter-skelter to meet visitors . I say "they" but in fact the younger one runs up to you in a zigzag fashion, the older one walks sedately. His mother is convinced that the latter will make an ideal planning officer. She said this once in front of him and almost as if he understood, he walked up to his mother and tried to straighten her tousled hair.

Expressions: In Order/Disorder

How to use book expressions? You can't judge a book by its covers.

Book expressions or "Have you seen this book?" 
 
There's a well-known saying that you can't judge a book by its covers and when you apply this to people it's another way of saying that you shouldn't form an opinion of someone purely on appearances. Expressions related to books do figure in the language. Let's have a look at some of them. You can be in someone's good books or bad books. In the first one people think highly of view and in the second they have a low opinion of you. If you bring someone to book, you are telling them off or criticising them &#151; an expression that comes from the idea that the person in trouble has done something wrong and a policeman has written that down in his notebook. I expect you've noticed that I started the last sentence referring to "someone" and then later used the pronoun "them". I just wanted to explain that this is all right because the alternative is to say "him" and that upsets the feminists or you say "him or her" and that upsets me. But wait a minute I'm telling you all the answers and you should really be trying to work out the "book" expressions yourself. 

So let me tell you a quick story.

<H2 class="hhtf">Have you seen this Book?</H2>

Are you a book collector? I'm afraid I am and any spare empty walls in my house are soon covered with shelves ready to hold my latest buys. When I see a second hand bookshop, I have to go in and always come out fully laden. 

Take last week. I was in a small village in the east of England and came across what was really an antiques shop. Now antiques are a closed book to me. I know what I like but I can't tell the genuine form the reproduction, but books, well that's a different matter. The man running the shop was quite clear in his mind that I knew little about antiques and that my reasons for coming into his shop were an open book as I made straight for the corner with shelf upon shelf of books. And there shouting at me was a book with a bright blue cover that I really belived I needed. I checked the price and thought I'd casually ask if he would accept less. But he was someone who always did things by the book. He would not give way. He was the sort of person whose accounts would always be in perfect order. Never in his wildest dreams would he ever cook the books. He was also convinced that I was never any good at haggling over the price. He could clearly read me like a book. 

Nevertheless the price seemed fair and it suited my book to pay the price he wanted. On the way home I pictured myself sitting down with a drink and opening the book to start reading. As I drove, I noticed that there was a police car hiding behind some bushes just round the corner. I made sure I was driving at the right speed because I had no wish to have the book thrown at me by some worthy judge. At long last I reached home and settled down in my favourite armchair. I thought I'd take a leaf out that chap's book I'd seen in the TV advertisement, who very coolly sits down, takes a sip of his drink and then opens his book with a pleasurable sigh. In my book he looks a bit stupid but then so was I because my eye alighted on a bright blue cover in a bookshelf to my left. 

I'd already got a copy of the wretched book.

Book Expressions

How to use idioms with 'hot', 'cool' and 'cold'? Read a lot of examples in the story.

Cool expressions or "From one extreme to the other" 
 
In this story will find many idioms with the word cool. As you know an idiom is a fixed phrase that only makes sense when you learn it as a whole because if you look at its words separately the phrase doesn't make much sense, does it? 

Look at the following example: 

"This job seems to be a bit of a hot potato as nobody really wants it." 

Now, I'm sure you understand this in this sentence the expression the hot potato is nothing to eat but rather a task or a responsibility that no-one wants to do or take. Maybe, you have your own examples for hot potatoes? If so, you can send them to us via email and we will help you cool them off. 

In the meantime you might want to enjoy the following story. Do you know what all the cool expressions in italics mean?

<H2 class="hhtf">From one extreme to the other</H2>

As the railways lines start to buckle, the beaches continue to attract thousands and the treasured pot plants in my garden wither in the extreme heat, my befuddled brain, searching for air as the temperature soars, has turned to the use we make in English of expressions to do with the variations of hot and cold. Let me tell you a story to show you what I mean: 

Charlie could be relied on to get hot under the collar about almost anything that upset him. Whereas most people who disagree with you in an argument simply give you a frosty look and then move on. 

Charlie would react in an entirely different way. When the argument had hotted up, he would lose his cool and start to rant and rave. Friends would take him to one side at his favourite pub and point out that behaving like that in the heat of the moment was not doing his heart any good. Getting hot and bothered over the smallest things was not conducive to a long and happy life. Women, they said, would tend to give him the cold shoulder if he continued to carry on like this. Then someone in the pub who was noted for being practical and could always see clearly as he said in the cold light of day, mentioned that he'd read somewhere of a course to help people like Charlie. 

Another punter said he actually had a leaflet hot off the press giving details of the course. The question was who was going to mention it to Charlie as he could well flare up at the very idea. Dave, who at first blew hot and cold at the idea, eventually agreed to take on the task. There was a bit of tension at first as people waited for Charlie to react but although he didn't exactly give it a warm welcome, he did indicate that he would think it over and that helped to take the heat out of the moment. 

One evening in the pub someone came rushing in saying he'd come hot foot from Charlie's flat with news about the course. The general expectation was that Charlie had got cold feet about joining but the fact was that he had signed up and would be away for one whole week. 

Throughout the next seven days many of the regulars were in a cold sweat wondering what the outcome would be. One diner in the snack bar had such a heated argument over it with another diner that by the time he'd got round to eating his piping hot soup it had become stone cold. Even the casual customers who were so to speak somewhat out in the cold because they didn't know what had been happening, quite warmed to the idea and decided to join in with the betting that went on as to whether Charlie would be a changed man or not. The landlord even hit on the idea of creating a new cocktail called "Cool Charlie", which sold like hot cakes. 

Eventually the day arrived when it was known that Charlie would come to the pub again. It was also agreed that someone should be available to make a remark that would normally have caused him to lose his temper. Now, this was a bit of hot potato and nobody really wanted the job knowing that they might get into hot water. 

In the end Martin, the oldest member of the club, found himself in the hot seat and reluctantly agreed. Suddenly the door opened and in burst Charlie. It was impossible to tell whether the course had succeeded in transforming him. It was then that Martin, virtually in cold blood spoke making some derogatory remark about Charlie's lack of success with women. Everyone's blood ran cold and those that were nearest to Charlie couldn't move an inch, they were frozen in their tracks. Charlie laughed quietly and then announced something that was to warm the cockles of everyone's heart. "Ah yes", he said cool as a cucumber walking over to a young woman sitting in the corner, "let me introduce you all to my fianc&eacute;e."

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