5 Dos and Don’ts for Academic Writing

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In this video, I offer some general tips about academic writing.

The dos and don’ts I expand on are as follows:

Don’ts
• Don’t write until you have a clear plan
• Don’t use casual language (slang, colloquialisms, jargon)—use formal
language
• Don’t submit your first draft (on a second draft reduce word count at
least 5 to 10 percent)
• Don’t turn it into a personal narrative—keep it objective (avoid I, my, me)
• Don’t have extra-long paragraphs

Do’s
• Make sure you know the structure and style of what you’re writing
(summary is not the same as a paper or book review or lab report)
• Assume your reader is not an expert in the subject matter—make your
ideas clear, write to a layperson
• Use more verbs and in the active voice unless there is a specific
reason/function for using the passive
• Check your pronouns and make sure that it is always crystal clear what
they refer to
• Cite—using others’ ideas without crediting them is plagiarism

[F.baghdadi]

Please make videos about reducing plagiarism, and paraphrasing the academic sentences with key and scientific words.

[kayan]

keep going, Adam. thank you for teaching us❤

[harunmkamau]

Thank you Write to The Top for your response to my question. Kudos!

[amoonbakkur]

Hi, I appreciate these pointers. Would you please create more videos explaining how to write academic essays for university courses, where to find information, how to come up with ideas for essays, and how to write better?.
Thank you in advance.

[learnenglishwithhamid]

Nouns phrases are preferred in academic writing over verbs. Is that correct?

[abdulbasit_]

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[freefromcage]

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