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  2. What's the difference between "diary" and "journal"?

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/70519/whats-the...

    5. A diary is mainly used to write things you would like to remember - daily activities, how the day was spent, what was done, the daily routine and anything that needs to get done. A personal journal is a record of significant experiences. It is much more personal than a diary. It contains feelings, emotions, problems, and self-assurances and ...

  3. In a journal. If you write on a journal it sounds as if you're writing on its cover. Or about the journal. @Wes - we can talk more about this conversation later. ;-) I'm unsure what you mean exactly. @Wes - The idea of writing about a journal reminded me of a joke, as in "I'd like to talk more about a conversation later."

  4. What is the origin of "journal" to mean a mechanical shaft?

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/173387

    [Journal or journey in this sense seems to have arisen in the Scotch workshops. No explanation of its origin has been found.] (my emphasis) I'm going to guess that it originally designated the part which moves → travels → ‘journeys’ in contact with the bearing; but I have no evidence at all for that derivation.

  5. Difference between Paper and Article for scientific writings

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/263204

    A paper, on the other hand, may or may not be published anywhere; and if it is published, may be in some alternate venue like conference proceedings (though it can be published in a scholarly journal). Again from Oxford: An essay or dissertation, especially one read at an academic lecture or seminar or published in an academic journal.

  6. Accepted "into" journal? - English Language & Usage Stack...

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    1. As someone whose wife recently had a paper accepted for publication by a journal, I've been hearing that a lot lately. I imagine once the journal is published, she'll be talking about having her paper published in the journal.

  7. Conventions of abbreviations of pages (pp.), for academic/journal...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/389598/conventions-of...

    I am asking about the conventions of abbreviations of pages, for academic/journal purposes. For example, if one submits a paper on arXiv, you will see that some renown physicist/mathematician uses the conventions of: 120 pp. instead of 120 pages. And if there are more comments like how many figures there are, one can use

  8. What do you call a combination journal / diary / portfolio /...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/342545/what-do-you...

    So I'm starting a new document with daily entries that will have elements of a personal journal, along with projects, medical procedures and status, travel research, artistic ideas, lists, and records of all kinds. Some of it will link to other documents but I WANT it to have a cluttered, eclectic quality that reflects how my life really is. It ...

  9. Example: Publish on Google Play. This has now been changed to "with". In = inside; within - this gives the idea of the item being inside/within boundaries. On = upon - this gives the idea of the item being on a surface of some sort. Publish on Google Play is correct because "Google Play" is seen as a (virtual) platform.

  10. Is it recommended to use "we" in research papers?

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/14790

    As noted above, instead of "I," constructions such as "this researcher" are normal. "We" is a pronoun used when one author is writing on behalf of a team or group, but usually "the researchers" or the passive voice is used. It also depends on both the field and the journal in question. –

  11. Use of "I", "we" and the passive voice in a scientific thesis

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/24629

    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