Use dictionaries when have doubts

How to do

  • Whenever you have doubt, use dictionaries.
  • Use more than one type of dictionaries
  • Prioritize English-English dictionaries and academic dictionaries
  • Do no rely on Chinese translation
  • Read definitions, phrases, collocations, and examples sentences carefully.

Recommended dictionaries

  • Longman dictionary:
    https://www.ldoceonline.com/
  • Merriam-Webster dictionary:
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/
  • Oxford dictionaries:
    https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
  • Dictionary.com, thesaurus.com
  • For idioms, slangs, and cutting-edge, up-to-date usages, use urbandictionary.com

Corpus

  • COCA(Corpus of contemporary American English)
  • Word and phrase:
    https://www.wordandphrase.info/
  • Michigan corpus of academic spoken English
  • BAWE: British Academic Written English
  • Or create your own corpus using Antcom

Referencing software

  • Endnote:
    https://endnote.com/
  • Mendeley:
    https://www.mendeley.com/interaction_required=true

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