The ones folks tend to make on the course are...
Single-sentence paragraphs. Academic writing builds an argument through a paragraph. A student constructing single-sentence paragraphs is unable to develop a complex series of ideas.
Use of long sentences. Often, single-sentence paragraphs are composed of one long sentence. Such students confirm that they cannot express a concise thought within the husk of a succinct statement.
There are others as well - but she writes this for an academic audience so some of them are a bit tongue in cheek...
Thank you Paula for this post, being a challenge, for me, writing in correct English, I found this link very useful! I will definitely keep it in mind while writing now...
ReplyDeleteA very helpful article and something to refer back to before submitting work.
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