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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
Unusually the book opens with the results of reading or reading through one hundred books on writing and many more papers in se... 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
I enjoyed it and then gave my copy to the respected colleague who didnt know that he was one of the exemplars
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academic, stylish, good, many and useful. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 190 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 22 2022.
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A solid reminder of how bloated academic writing is unnecessary
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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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Heres hoping publishing academics find her as persuasive as i did
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Author helen sword read and analyzed 1000 articles published in academic journals in 10 disciplines to determine what constitutes stylish academic writing
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The first is when an author has to mangle their writing to avoid using the first person
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Much of the writing in library science is reporting on a project or case study in which the author is simply telling a story about how a project was launched carried out or successfully completed
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