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Useful advice regarding academic writing style #academicstyle
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Nowadays, besides, more and more are acceptable in academic English.
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Abbreviations for key terms are fine provided it is given fully the first time it is used.
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Use cautious language to show awareness of other theories.
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Support all your claims with evidence from the literature, correctly referenced.
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Give the source of all figures or statistics, in the form of an in-text citation.
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And and But should always be written with capital letters and put at the start of a sentence
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Be objective, precise and impersonal wherever possible.
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Show your opinion with adverbs such as unfortunately, sadly, happily.
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Use personal pronouns such as I, we and you to make the reader feel involved.
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Save space by using abbreviations such as e.g., i.e., and e.t.c..
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Be as precise as possible regarding measurements, figures or time periods.
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Use only the passive voice in academic writing.
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