well-defined terms: Explain the terms one been introduced and remind the user when they are reused.
consistency: Terms should be the same. Tables and Figures should be the same layout.
be concrete: When you make a statement say why and by how much percent?
clear context
American English
writes analyze (AE) and not analyse (BE). Write neighbor (AE) and not neighbour (BE)
"We" or "I" or passive voice?
I will use We
Spelling, Hyphens, Commas
multi-word noun phrases have a hyphen only if you use them as an adjective
(1) This problem has a large scale. (2) This is a large-scale problem.
Structure of a thesis
Every section and every subsection -- except the Abstract and the Introduction -- should start with a small introduction that tells the reader what comes next.
Five Golden Rules
American English
writes analyze (AE) and not analyse (BE). Write neighbor (AE) and not neighbour (BE)
"We" or "I" or passive voice?
I will use
WeSpelling, Hyphens, Commas
multi-word noun phrases have a hyphen only if you use them as an adjective (1) This problem has a large scale. (2) This is a large-scale problem.
Structure of a thesis
Every section and every subsection -- except the Abstract and the Introduction -- should start with a small introduction that tells the reader what comes next.