diff --git a/Feedback - Common mistakes from 2019.md b/Feedback - Common mistakes from 2019.md index 933aabf..751e69e 100644 --- a/Feedback - Common mistakes from 2019.md +++ b/Feedback - Common mistakes from 2019.md @@ -55,15 +55,15 @@ # References -- Not referencing the first paper that proved a fact, e.g. that TSP is NP-hard. +- Not referencing the **first paper** that proved a fact. - Quoting data/fact without referencing. Where did it come from? Your own experiments or is it secondary data? - List of references not in alphabetical order by first author surname. -- Some references are referenced as if they were a website when in fact they are published (No need to give URL for every entry, especially books). +- Some references are cited as if they were a website when in fact they are published. (No need to give URL for every entry, especially books.) - Some references lack crucial information such as venue of publication. -- Students relied on unreliable websites rather than formally published sources. -- In-text citations look like "(Author, date)", not like e.g. [1], etc. -- Not all references listed at the end were cited in text. -- "et al." is used in in-text citations, but you must provide the full list of authors in the list of references (i.e. do not use "et al." here). +- Students relied on unreliable websites, rather than formally published sources. +- Not following the referencing style standard. Correct in-text citations should look like "(Author, date)", not like e.g. [1], etc. +- Listing references that were not cited in text. +- Using "et al." in the list of references. "et al." is used in in-text citations, but you must provide the full list of authors in the list of references (i.e. do not use "et al." here). # Spelling