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Note also the words in italics in the following examples:

S3. GNRA tetraloops make a U-turn
S4. The evacuation of the Machault, an 18th-century French frigate
S5. An NLP application with a multi-paradigm architecture

u as a separate letter is pronounced you , 18th stands for eighteenth (i.e. beginning
with an e ), and N is pronounced en .

12.6 Should I try to include some verbs?

Where possible use the -ing form of verbs rather than abstract nouns. This will make
your title more readable as well as making it 2–3 words shorter.

abstract nouns verbs
The Specifi cation and the Evaluation of Specifying and Evaluating Educational
Educational Software in Primary Schools Software in Primary Schools
Methods for the Comparison of Indian and Methods for Comparing Indian and British
British Governmental Systems in the 19th Governmental Systems in the 19th century
century
A Natural Language for Problem Solution A Natural Language for Solving Problems
in Cross Cultural Communication in Cross Cultural Communication
Silicon Wafer Mechanical Strength Quantifying Surface Damage by Measuring
Measurement for Surface Damage the Mechanical Strength of Silicon Wafers
Quantifi cation

The key words in your title are likely to be nouns. So choose these nouns very carefully.
The key words in the first title above are educational software and primary schools .

Try to choose adjectives that indicate the unique features of your work, e.g. low cost,
scalable, robust, powerful . Adjectives such as reliable should only be used if work
in your field has so far only produced an unreliable system or unreliable results.