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In an academic writing course some years ago I remember being told that when writing, for instance, a journal article in English, one should usually avoid structuring one's text with the help of ex...
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2019-12-08T08:48:25Z (over 4 years ago)
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jharme
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2019-12-08T08:48:25Z (over 4 years ago)
In an academic writing course some years ago I remember being told that when writing, for instance, a journal article in English, one should usually avoid structuring one's text with the help of explicit questions, something like: > In the previous section we saw that the values of X are particularly high when considering Y, suggesting that... Blablaa. Bla. Could this be interpreted as a result of Z? > > And then I go on and answer my own question. Or something like: > X's statement does seem credible in light of Y. This interpretation, however, poses another question: Why is it the case that Z, if ...? > > And here I start to build the answer Are there actually some stylistic guidelines that would recommend avoiding these kinds of structures? Does anyone know about a resource where something like this would be mentioned?
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System
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2018-05-14T09:36:55Z (almost 6 years ago)
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