Questions tagged [academic-writing]
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Tentativeness vs Hedging
I am currently studying for an exam about academic writing and I have some issues grasping the difference between hedging and tentativeness.
I know for a fact that there must be a difference because my professor marked it in a text of mine.
What I…
Troy
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How to say these words in academic writing?
grab attention
the talk of the town
fly in the ointment
How to transfer these words in an academic way?
KFK
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Are all phrase verbs informal?
Are all phrasal verbs informal and not appropriate to use in academic texts? For instance, 'carry out'. I see this word in papers very often. Is it formal? Is it necessary to distinguish which phrasal verb is formal and which not?
Elena Greg
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"Inequivalent" or " nonequivalent"?
How to write correctly: "inequivalent" or " nonequivalent"? I am interested in writting this word in mathematical texts.
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Scare quotes, regular quote and italics. Style guide advice
I understand that there is no universal rule regarding the use of single or double quotation marks or use of italics, however I wasn't sure whether scare quotes need to follow same format one has ascribed to. Could I use different inverted commas to…
Xueshe
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Which one is more correct for academic writing? List of X users vs X-user list
I am writing an academic paper and having hard time with language.
So which one of the following is most appropriate?
List of WhatsApp users
WhatsApp-users list
WhatsApp user list
WhatsApp users' list
WhatsApp users list
Furkan Gözükara
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breakage vs breaking in "X denotes the spontaneous breakage/breaking of rotational symmetry"
In the sentence " X denotes the spontaneous breakage/breaking of rotational symmetry.", which is the best word to use in its context?
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How would I best express this in English?
I'm new to English writing and, unfortunately, I cannot even find words to describe the problem properly (I guess there would be a special name for this issue).
I wrote a sentence "[...] the assessment of alpha-diversity only requires the…
Manuel Popp
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Does it feel odd for native speakers to use too many introductory phrases in academic writing?
Recently I observed that there are too many introductory phrases in papers writen by non-native spearkers. Here are some examples:
Typically, it is xxxx
Particularly, it is xxxx
In this paper, we propose xxxx
Based on this, we find that…
Ming Wang
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