Heading off to college? No matter what your major, you’ll end up having to write at least a few papers or survive Freshman English. My first piece of advice is simple: Beware of Academese “Academese” is the specialized language of academics that belongs in scholarly tomes, not the real world. When writing term papers, you may be tempted […]
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5 reasons NOT to write like an academic
As schools everywhere are restarting and the latest crop of college graduates settles into new jobs, I thought I’d share a few of the harsh, early business writing lessons I learned on the job. I was an English major. When I entered the business world, I quickly found that what worked so well for me […]
