Making sense Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Symbols for common errors
	A note to the student
1	Writing and thinking	1
2	Doing research	15
3	Writing reading and lecture notes	40
4	Writing a report on a book or an article	46
5	Writing an essay	52
6	Writing a lab report	67
7	Writing and visual aids for presentations	75
8	Illustrating your work	88
9	Doing field work and writing about it	109
10	Writing a proposal, research paper, and thesis	119
11	Writing examinations	126
12	Words: gender, race, and other sensitivities	135
13	Writing with style	141
14	Common errors in grammar and usage	157
15	Punctuation	170
16	Quotations and documentation	185
17	Catchlist of misused words and phrases	209
18	Definitions	222
	App.: weights, measures, and notation	247
	Index	249