abbreviations - Should I write PhD or Ph. D. ? - English Language . . . For example, my academic discipline (linguistics) traditionally employs the no-periods convention for all titles (not only PhD, MA, and BA but also Mr, Dr, and Prof), while the style enforcer at my academic institution (an American university) insists that I sprinkle periods around (for a total of 9 in my 6 examples) –
etymology - Which was the first doctor, M. D. or Ph. D. ? - English . . . But which of Ph D or M D was first referred to as a doctor? Are you saying that at the year such degree titles letters started to be conferred, those people were already referred to as 'doctor'? And if so, then the answer boils down to which of PhD or MD was the first to be conferred? –
abbreviations - English Language Usage Stack Exchange You will find that PhD Ph D BSc B Sc MSc and M Sc are all found The question linked to handles this for PhD Ph D but the answer covers the rest The only thing to add to it is to be consistent, so PhD and BSc or Ph D and B Sc , but not one form together with another in the same piece of writing –
Which is correct Dr. or Dr? [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . . The rule that Henry Fowler suggests in his Modern English Usage (if memory serves; I don't have the book in front of me) is to use a period if and only if the abbreviation does not include the last letter of the full word - thus "Mr" (for MisteR) lacks a period, but "Prof " (for PROFessor) takes a period
Use of I, we and the passive voice in a scientific thesis Possible Duplicate: Style Question: Use of “we” vs “I” vs passive voice in a dissertation When the first person voice is used in scientific writing it is mostly used in the first person plural, as scientific papers almost always have more than one co-author, such as
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