Proofreading academic work

Use only the passive voice in academic writing.

And and But should always be written with capital letters and put at the start of a sentence

Nowadays, besides, more and more are acceptable in academic English.

Reading your work backwards will help you spot

Support all your claims with evidence from the literature, correctly referenced.

Be as precise as possible regarding measurements, figures or time periods.

Be objective, precise and impersonal wherever possible.

Show your opinion with adverbs such as unfortunately, sadly, happily.

Use personal pronouns such as I, we and you to make the reader feel involved.

Save space by using abbreviations such as e.g., i.e., and e.t.c..

Abbreviations for key terms are fine provided it is given fully the first time it is used.

Give the source of all figures or statistics, in the form of an in-text citation.

Use cautious language to show awareness of other theories.