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- Use active voice. For example: "Ref “Ref 1 shows that ..." …” instead of "It “It is shown in Ref 1 that ..."…”
- Avoid using too many adjectives (Remove them whenever possible).
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- When you have written your report, everything you want to say is in the report. Do not write statements such as "This “This result will be further discussed in Chapter 3"3”. When reading the report, everything has been written – it will not be written! You should instead write "This “This result is further discussed in Chapter 3"3”.
- Avoid using words like: also, therefore, somewhat, however, in addition, moreover, and so on.
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- Present tense should be used for known facts and hypotheses. This means that you should use present tense when referring to results found in the literature. For example "Ref “Ref 1 shows that..." that…” and not "Ref “Ref 1 has shown that ..."…”
- Use past tense when you refer to results from experiments that you have conducted.
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