English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar



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A.Wallwork - English for Research Usage, Style, and Grammar - 2013
26.5 et al
1. Most journals use et al if there are three or more authors. An alternative to et al is co-workers or coworkers.
2.
Et al is put in italics in many journals. et al is followed by a period in some journals.
YES
ALSO POSSIBLE
1
Wallwork et al [2016] put forward a proposal for the scientific community to allow personal forms.
Wallwork and coworkers [2016] put forward …
2
Wallwork et al [2016] suggested that …
Wallwork et al [2016] suggested that …
Wallwork et al. [2016] suggested that …

A. Wallwork, English for Research Usage, Style, and Grammar,
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1593-0_27, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
27.1
figures, tables
1. Use a capital F and T for Figure and Table when these are associated with a number, use lowercase when they are not associated with a number.
2. The abbreviation for Figure and Figures is Fig . and Figs ., avoid abbreviating the word Table .
3. Be concise when introducing or making reference to a figure or table.
4. Where possible use the active form rather than the passive.
5. Use as not as it (
13.5
).
YES
NOT RECOMMENDED (1–4), NO (5)
1 See Figure 1 and Table 2. See figure and table 2.
2 See Fig. a and Figs. a and b. See Fig. a and b.
3 Figure 2 below shows the initial settings. The following figure (Figure 2) gives ab bschematic overview of the initial settings.
3 Figure 3 shows the architecture. The snapshot depicted in Figure 3
shows a view of the architecture.
3 For details, see [Kyun, 2013]. For further details on this topic, the
reader is kindly invited to refer to [Kyun,
2013].
4 Figure 2 below shows the initial settings. The initial settings are shown in Figure 2 below. In Figure 2 the initial settings are shown .
5

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