Formal vs. Informal Language in Academic Writing
How to find the right register in academic writing, avoiding both casual informality and overcorrected stiffness.
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How to Write a Literature Review That Flows
Why literature reviews read as choppy lists, and how to organize one thematically so it synthesizes rather than summarizes.
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Punctuation Rules Every Academic Writer Should Know
A practical rundown of the punctuation rules that account for most errors in academic drafts, from semicolons to hyphenated compounds.
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How to Edit Your Own Academic Writing Effectively
A structured, multi-pass approach to self-editing academic writing, and how to know when you need a second reader.
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How to Write Concisely: Cutting Wordiness in Academic Papers
Concrete places to cut wordiness in academic writing, from redundant pairs to throat-clearing openings, without losing content.
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12 Common English Mistakes in Academic Writing (and How to Fix Them)
Twelve English grammar and word-choice mistakes that show up often in academic manuscripts and theses, with a quick fix for each.
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The Complete Guide to Academic Citation Styles
A practical comparison of APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 18, IEEE, Harvard, Vancouver, and Turabian citation styles, with in-text and reference-list examples for each.
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Academic English Writing Guide for Non-Native Researchers
The academic English writing issues that come up most often for non-native researchers: formal register, verb tense by section, articles, hedging language, and proofreading strategies.
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