Remeis English Checklist - Revision history

Zalot: updated link to A&A tex guide as well

2025-11-04T09:38:19Z

updated link to A&A tex guide as well

2025-11-04T09:36:22Z

updated link for english guide

2025-05-15T15:42:20Z

Spelling and Word usage

2025-05-08T10:08:57Z

The Remeis English Checklist

2024-12-18T15:44:03Z

2023-12-01T10:37:39Z

2023-06-14T09:18:28Z

Spelling and Word usage

2022-09-06T23:26:09Z

Typesetting (mainly in TeX)

2020-06-23T08:30:19Z

Spelling and Word usage

2019-07-01T19:29:12Z

The Remeis English Checklist

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 '''''First of all and most importantly:'''''
-* did you read the instructions to authors of the journal? If you are working on a thesis, did you read those of Astronomy and Astrophysics on [https://www.aanda.org/images/stories/author/AA_English-Guide.pdf] and the TeX instructions in file aadoc.pdf, which is part of the Astronomy and Astrophysics package?
+* did you read the instructions to authors of the journal? If you are working on a thesis, did you read [https://www.aanda.org/images/stories/author/AA_English-Guide.pdf those of Astronomy and Astrophysics] and the [https://www.aanda.org/for-authors/latex-issues/latex-examples TeX instructions], which is part of the Astronomy and Astrophysics package?
 * did you read appendix A of the [https://journals.aps.org/files/rmpguide.pdf instructions to authors] of Rev Mod Phys?

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 '''''First of all and most importantly:'''''
-* did you read the instructions to authors of the journal? If you are working on a thesis, did you read those of Astronomy and Astrophysics on [https://www.aanda.org/for-authors/language-editing/1-introduction language] and the TeX instructions in file aadoc.pdf, which is part of the Astronomy and Astrophysics package?
+* did you read the instructions to authors of the journal? If you are working on a thesis, did you read those of Astronomy and Astrophysics on [https://www.aanda.org/images/stories/author/AA_English-Guide.pdf] and the TeX instructions in file aadoc.pdf, which is part of the Astronomy and Astrophysics package?
 * did you read appendix A of the [https://journals.aps.org/files/rmpguide.pdf instructions to authors] of Rev Mod Phys?

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 * did you make sure that you distinguish between "estimate" and "estimation" by replacing all "estimation" with "estimate"?
 * did you replace all uses of "exemplary" by "example"?
 * did you use "short" for length intervals and "brief" for time intervals? (but note that "short of duration" is correct)
 * did you replace all uses of "the actual value" by "the real value"? (if you are German, "actual" does not mean "aktuell"!)

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 '''''First of all and most importantly:'''''
-* did you read the instructions to authors of the journal? If you are working on a thesis, did you read those of [http://www.aanda.org/doc_journal/instructions/aadoc.pdf Astronomy and Astrophysics]?
+* did you read the instructions to authors of the journal? If you are working on a thesis, did you read those of Astronomy and Astrophysics on [https://www.aanda.org/for-authors/language-editing/1-introduction language] and the TeX instructions in file aadoc.pdf, which is part of the Astronomy and Astrophysics package?
 * did you read appendix A of the [https://journals.aps.org/files/rmpguide.pdf instructions to authors] of Rev Mod Phys?

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 * did you use the en-dash of TeX for ranges, even if they occur in math, by using <code>--</code> in text mode rather than a minus sign? (that is, did you typeset a range in an equation as <code>$3x$--$5x$</code> or <code>$3x\mbox{--}5x$</code> rather than, erroneously, <code>$3x-5x$</code>?
 * did you correctly use the minus-sign and dashes in astronomical source names, where the name contains coordinates and the <q>dash</q> really is a southern declination or Galactic latitude, that is, did you typeset <code>Her X-1</code>, <code>LMC X-3</code>, but <code>GX\,339$-$4</code> or <code>IGR J16318$-$4848</code> (and as a really difficult one: <code>MCG$-$6-30-15</code>)?
 * did you make sure to typeset hydrogen equivalent columns as <code>$N_\mathrm{H}$</code> rather than $n_H$ or $n_\mathrm{H}$? (note: in astronomy, $n$ denotes a particle density, so it has units of particles per cubic centimeter, while N is a column with units of particles per square centimeter; a certain analysis program uses nH for this parameter, but this does not mean that n should be used in papers).
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 * did you check that your references are correct in that you are using ''\citet{biblabel}'' for references in the text and ''\citep{biblabel}'' for references in parentheses?
 * did you make sure that none of your ''\citet{..}'' commands refer to more than one biblabel?
 ==== Typesetting (mainly in TeX) ====

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 * did you make sure that you did not use contractions such as "didn't" or "you're"?
 * did you replace "cf." with "see" everywhere since you know that "cf." means "compare"?
 * did you make sure that the reader will understand what thing you refer to when using "it" rather than naming it?
 * did you make sure that all uses of "this" are followed by the object you are referring to?