Academic Style & Clarity
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Can You Use First-Person Pronouns (I/we) in a Research Paper?
Research writers frequently wonder whether the first person can be used in academic and scientific writing. In truth, for generations, we’ve…
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Avoid Fillers and Unnecessary Words in Writing
Whether you are writing a research paper, a dissertation, or another kind of academic writing, creating sentences that are strong and concis…
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Avoid Negative Words and Double Negatives to Strengthen Your Writing
We all know that the obvious double negatives (e.g., not + nobody, no one, never, etc.) are grammatically incorrect. You might be surprised,…
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What is Academic Writing? | Styles & Tips
What is Academic Writing? Academic writing communicates information and ideas to a narrow or wider academic readership. Academic writing can…
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How to Avoid Nominalizations and Improve Your Writing
In the first part of a series of editing tips, we will show you how to strengthen your writing effectively. The next few posts will cover th…
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How to Improve Your Writing Style in Papers
What is the best way to improve writing style? It may sound counterintuitive (or overly obvious), but the best way to improve your writing s…
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How to Improve Your Writing: Eliminate Prepositions
As we continue our series on reducing wordiness and improving your writing, we will shift our focus to the dreadful prepositions that plague…
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How to Make Your Writing More Interesting & Engaging
Once we grab our readers’ attention, a feat of its own, convincing them to continue reading is another challenge many writers face. This pro…
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What are the Most Common English Writing Errors?
Year upon year, Wordvice Editing Service receives tens of millions of words to edit from our academic and admissions editing clients. Accord…
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