Blog · March 19, 2026 · 6 min read
How to improve your academic writing style — fast
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Academic writing has rules. Most of them are learnable in a single sitting. Here are the ten that pay the highest returns.
The ten habits
Topic sentence first. Active voice unless the agent is irrelevant. One idea per paragraph. Concrete nouns over abstract. Verbs over nominalisations ('we analysed' not 'we conducted an analysis'). Hedge claims appropriately. Cut every adverb that isn't earning its place. Transitions that summarise, not just connect. Vary sentence length. Read out loud.
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