Rule 6 - Rule 6
- Use impersonal language, such as 'There is...', 'It is...', or passive voice. Avoid personal pronouns (I, we, you, etc.) and adverbs which show your feeling (e.g. luckily, remarkably, amazingly).
- ✓There are three main problems.
- ✗I can think of three main problems.
- ✓ In the experiment, the water was heated...
- ✗ In the experiment, I heated the water...
- ✓ There were very few errors in the experiment.
- ✗ Amazingly there were very few errors in the experiment.
- Rule 7
- Be as precise as possible. Use exact figures or values wherever possible, rather than 'about' or 'several'. Use words such as 'factor', 'issue', 'topic', 'aspect' instead of vague words such as 'thing'.
- ✓ There are three main reasons for this.
- ✗ There are several reasons for this.
- ✓ The turning point was in the late 1980s.
- ✗ The turning point was about 30 years ago.
- ✓ There were three factors which led to this result.
- ✗ There were three things which led to this result.
- Rule 8
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- Be sure to cite your sources. Avoid making vague claims.
- ✓ Russell (2001) states that over 50% of the population are unaware of the problem.
- ✗ Everybody knows that most people are unaware of the problem.
- ✗ Most people are unaware of the problem
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