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PhD | Dissertation preparation | Style rules and word limit
Style rules and word limit
It is a requirement within MML that dissertations must conform with the advice concerning abbreviations, quotations, footnotes, references etc published in the Style Book of the Modern Humanities Research Association (Notes for Authors and Editors). This is available online: MHRA Style Guide. You should note that one of the requirements of a PhD dissertation is that it is clearly written. Amongst other things this means that it must be written in grammatically correct, idiomatic English. If you are not a native English speaker (and even if you are!) you should pay particular attention to this and perhaps ask a non-specialist friend to read through your dissertation before submission. Your Supervisor will be concentrating on content and will not have time to correct all grammatical and stylistic mistakes.next |Applying for examiners
