LC-1350 - Writing Doctoral Research for Engineering and Science (w) D, Lecture, 1.11.2021-8.12.2021

Check structures in context

• Writefull - A free app that analyzes the phrases you use as a way to improve writing. This link goes to the tutorial page.
  
• Lextutor concordancer - A concordancer is a kind of search engine designed for language study. When you enter a word, it looks through a large body of texts, called a corpus, and then lists every single example of the word. This lets you look at a word in context, see how common it is, see the style associated with it.
  

Work with words

• Thesaurus.com - Great for finding synonyms and antonyms
• Visuwords.com - A visual dictionary and thesaurus with interactive lexicon
• Webword - A dictionary and thesaurus for American, British, Canadian, Australian, Indian, and global English. Free, but requires downloading.
• MOT - Available to Aalto students. A dictionary and terms, translation, proofreading

Check grammar and spelling

• Language tool - A free tool that identifies many grammatical and stylistic issues that go beyond a spell checker
• Grammarly - A free spell checker that works in documents, emails, browsers, and so on.
• Digital writing tools: Spelling, grammar, and style checkers - A resource page that explores popular spelling, grammar, and style checking tools.