Thesis writing tip2

This article mainly introduces academic style .

1、 Academic writing is evidence-based .

Perhaps the most important distinguishing feature of written academic style is that it is evidence-based . Writers use words related to their subject
The evidence of knowledge system to support their arguments and propositions . Besides , Any research carried out must refer to the field before
The job of . therefore , Academic texts are full of attribution to other authors and references to previous studies .

2、 Academic works contain many classical words

Different from everyday English , Academic writing is characterized by a high frequency of classical vocabulary ( Greek and Latin ). The main reason is , Latin
It is the Language Academy of the European Renaissance , let me put it another way , It is the international language of scholars . Until recently , Great scientific works ,
Like Newton's 《 The mathematical principles of natural philosophy 》 (1687) , It's all written in Latin . Where academic texts are written in English , Words derived from classical literature are used for concepts and phenomena , These concepts and phenomena have no corresponding vocabulary in English .
 

 

3、 Academic writing tends to be cautious

Academic writers are very cautious about their own conclusions : They are careful not to show certainty where there may be doubt ,
Also be careful to avoid over generalization .
4、 Academic writing is impersonal

For the sake of objectivity , Academic writers tend to isolate themselves from their works . The focus of attention is “ What happened? ”, “ how
You made it ”, “ What was found ”. “ who ”( author ) It usually doesn't get much attention . This is why personal pronouns (“ i” and
“ we”) One of the reasons why it is often not used . Besides , Academic texts are rarely directed to readers , And it is usually used to express “ you ”
Pronouns of are also avoided .

5、 Avoid writing long sentences , Or less dazzling words , Use familiar words , It is said that the paper is bad because it is often incomprehensible , Don't mess with words , Evaluating a paper will never say that the sentence pattern of this paper is too big and boring .

6、 Use punctuation marks

7、 Try to use the active voice , Don't use the passive voice

8、 Don't use numbers eight datasets/ seven methodologies start ;

8、 Don't use conjunctions for/and/yet/but start ;

9、 Don't start with an abbreviation (DNA were collected in our analysis)

10、 As a super term , They are inappropriate in scientific writing . for example , Never use ： Super term , Such as huge 、 Shocking 、 Grand 、 great 、 magical .

11、 Avoid absolutization

12、which and that.

        If the sentence can be omitted without making the modified noun incomplete , Then use which, And put the sentence in commas or brackets . conversely , Use that.

the lawn mower, which is broken, is in the garage.
the lawn mower that is broken is in the garage.

13、 Avoid nonsense . for example blue in colour; tenouos in nature, There are also some easy ones , It was used such as You don't etc. It was used the reason is Don't add one after it because.

14、 comparative ：a better understanding ofthe behaviour Instead of a good understanding of the behavior.better Use only after comparison . 

15、 Logical words ： When 2 When a sentence itself has the meaning of logical progression , There is no need to abuse logical words . for example furthermore,hence（ Sometimes it can be replaced by thus, and so, Modal particles are weaker ）,however etc. .

16、 Keep consistency between pictures . for example , Red represents Algorithm A, Blue represents Algorithm B, The red color of the whole article represents A.

17、 When some difficult information appears in the diagram , With the help of numbers 1、2、3、4 Or icons to illustrate , For example, this .