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Q&A How to improve my skill at writing a question?

One key to academic writing is to think about grammar. Unless you are a completely fluent speaker who has spent much time thinking about grammar in the past so that it is effortless to get it corr...

posted 13y ago by Rex Kerr‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:08:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/4800
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Rex Kerr‭ · 2019-12-08T02:08:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
One key to academic writing is _to_ think about grammar.

Unless you are a completely fluent speaker who has spent much time thinking about grammar in the past so that it is effortless to get it correct, you will make grammatical errors unless you think about it. This will distract and confuse your readers. Other aspects of presenting a question--for example, presenting information in a clear and logical order so that a reader understands the relevant context--are also very important, but doing this well in the face of many grammatical errors is exceedingly difficult.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-01-11T18:24:22Z (almost 13 years ago)
Original score: 5