Academic Writing
Features of academic writing
Formality
In general this means in an essay that you should avoid:
a. colloquial words and expressions; ““stuff”, “a lot of”, “thing”, “sort of”,
b. abbreviated forms: “can’t”, “doesn’t”, “shouldn’t”
c. two word verbs: “put off”, “bring up”
d. sub-headings, numbering and bullet-points in formal essays – but use them in reports.
e. asking questions.
Exercises
Try the following exercises:
2. Abbreviations,
3. Two-word verbs,
