The document discusses guidelines for maintaining formality in academic writing. It provides examples of maintaining formality by choosing expanded modal forms over contracted forms, expanded terms over abbreviations, and avoiding colloquial expressions. Maintaining formality reflects one's dignified stance as a member of the academic community.
The document discusses guidelines for maintaining formality in academic writing. It provides examples of maintaining formality by choosing expanded modal forms over contracted forms, expanded terms over abbreviations, and avoiding colloquial expressions. Maintaining formality reflects one's dignified stance as a member of the academic community.
The document discusses guidelines for maintaining formality in academic writing. It provides examples of maintaining formality by choosing expanded modal forms over contracted forms, expanded terms over abbreviations, and avoiding colloquial expressions. Maintaining formality reflects one's dignified stance as a member of the academic community.
The document discusses guidelines for maintaining formality in academic writing. It provides examples of maintaining formality by choosing expanded modal forms over contracted forms, expanded terms over abbreviations, and avoiding colloquial expressions. Maintaining formality reflects one's dignified stance as a member of the academic community.
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What are the activities in la union that the writer
described? 2. What is the purpose of the text? 3. What is the role of the writer in doing this piece? 4. Who are the possible audience for this piece? 5. Would you visit the place after reading the blog entry? Why or why not? 1. FORMALITY Reflects your dignified stance in your writing as a member of the academic community. 1. Choosing expanded modal forms over contracted forms, such as using cannot instead of can’t . Do not instead of don’t. 2. Choosing one verb form over two-word verbs, such as damage instead of mess up. 3. Choosing expanded terms over their abbreviated equivalents, such as soon as possible instead of ASAP. 4. Avoiding colloquial/trite/idiomatic expressions, such as kind of like, as a matter of fact, i need to go the john. 1. With the growing number of health-conscious articles, a lot of young professionals are becoming serious about maintaining a healthy lifestyle. 2. It is a bit improper to assume that the plan does not work. 3. Experts determined that a lot of health ingredients come from China. 4. Teachers say that A lot of incoming freshman students are interested in sports activities. 5. Lucas got together with Castro in conducting an experiment of effectively enhancing muscle buildup. 6. Writing can’t be done effectively if you don’t burn the midnight oil. 7. Parenting is 24/7 job. 8. Watching that romcom gave the audience the feels. 9. The class is cooking up something big. 10. Adventure may mean doing something epic. 11. Senate set up the Meralco committee. 12. Mothers cut down spending on rice. 13. Oil price has gone up. 14. Students come up with a solution. 15. Students looked into the problem. 16. The dollar rate went up and down. 17. Students brought up the uniform issue. 18. The schools gets rid of tuition hike. 19. The proposal turned out a positive result. 20. The chemical gives off a foul odor.