Thursday, June 28, 2012

TextLint: A tool for detecting common scientific writing style errors

TextLint Logo.
TextLint Logo.
Poorly written scientific text fails to deliver clear ideas and its usually a good reason to get a paper rejection. During the paper writing i usually consult different sources about the writing style and avoiding common bugs in  writing. Initially, i was thinking to create a shell script for detecting the common mistakes on my papers.  Then, i came up to this TextLint project. They provide a download package for Win/Mac/Linux and they also provide an online form to test the results. However, some of the proposed changes on the text are subjective, others are "must": you must decide by yourself what is the best style for your text. I definitely suggest to all to test it  and especially for newcomers (i belong to this category :)). 

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