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All in all i think this is an excellent book and it does remind us that the quality of academic writing does not have to be neg... Read More
Sentences and paragraphs with the simple numbered indication of an endnote are much easier to read and comprehend than one with... Read More
Unlike other guides sword brings massive research to bear on the problem of academic writing the first part of her work describ... Read More
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The price is good for the value that is provided has potential for both beginners and experienced academic writers alike
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First how to break out of the imrad introductionmethodresultsdiscussion straitjacket
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academic, stylish, good, useful and many. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 181 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 14 2021.
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For at least fifteen years discussion of academic writing style has either deplored it or defended it without really figuring out what was wrong
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The bad writing contest and the sokal hoax showed us just how tangled up academic style had become but failed to distinguish between a stylistic problem and outright fraud
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The other side simply defended the indefensible jargon for jargons sake
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In academia everyone prefers reading good writing but believes that everyone else wants tedious writinga classic case of what social psychologists call pluralistic ignorance
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Helen sword the author fights zombie nouns clarifies citation styles and illuminates the perils of terrible writing
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By the way the popular teded video on zombie nouns is based on an excerpt in this fine book
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A solid reminder of how bloated academic writing is unnecessary
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Proof of what you should already know academic writing is awful and the writers are too scared to break the mold
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