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Plain Language in academic writing (part 3)

Plain Language in academic writing (part 3)

by Anna171 | 24 January, 2023 | Academic writing, Editing and Proofreading, PEGblog, Plain Language

In part 1 and part 2 of this post, I discussed some of the problems of lack of clarity and of verbosity that are common in academic writing and gave two examples of how typical constructions can be greatly improved in clarity and simplicity by applying Plain Language...
Plain Language in academic writing (part 2)

Plain Language in academic writing (part 2)

by Anna171 | 10 January, 2023 | Academic writing, Editing and Proofreading, Language, PEGblog, Plain Language

In part 1 of this post, I discussed some of the problems of the lack of clarity and of verbosity that are common in academic writing. What follows are some examples of typical constructions that can be greatly improved in clarity and simplified by applying Plain...
Plain Language in academic writing (part 1)

Plain Language in academic writing (part 1)

by Anna171 | 13 December, 2022 | Academic Editing, Academic writing, Editing and Proofreading, PEGblog, Writing

We are all familiar with fusty, complicated, roundabout academic writing – no doubt it filled many of the textbooks you struggled through at school and university; and if you have to read academic texts in your working life, you may dread the task because it is such a...

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