Humility in writing a thesis/dissertation.

1. Be realistic in what you want to do

Bad: The new questionnaire will be able to fully describe the students' readiness to learn online.

Better: The new questionnaire is designed to overcome the limitations of the existing questionnaires to describe the students' readiness to learn online.

2. Qualify a claim

Bad: The level of students' readiness for online learning is poor.

Better: The level of students' readiness for online learning is poor (Ramina, 2020).

The level of students' readiness for online learning as found in this study is lower than is expected by the State Education Department.

3. Check your sense of grandeur

Bad: This study is significant for policymakers in modifying the existing online learning policies.

(the study is a correlational study among a small group of students)

Better: (don't say anything about policy significant)

4. Be more specific about your scope

bad: The objective of the study is to describe the relationship between digital literacy and online learning readiness among Malaysian students.

better: The objective of the study is to describe the relationship between digital literacy and online learning readiness among a sample of secondary school Malaysian students.