Academic style

Choose the examples of poor style in the sentence:

Lots of people think that the railways are getting worse.

• Lots of people

• the railways

• getting worse

Explain why this sentence does not follow the academic style:

You can't always trust the number in that report.

• Addressing the readers as "you"

• contract verb forms

• absolute statements

Explain why this sentence does not follow the academic style:

The second thing is that most kids in that district will become

criminals.

• Using informal words

• Absolute statements

• Adverbs that show your personal attitude

Find the examples of poor style:

A few years ago they allowed women to vote

• A few years ago

• They allowed

• women

Choose an academic-style sentence:

Regrettably, the inflation in Russia led to increased poverty, illness and so on

• Russian inflation has resulted in increased poverty, disease and other issues.

• The Russian inflation led to different social problems including poverty and disease, etc.

• It is a pity that Russian inflation led to increased poverty and disease.

Explain why this sentence does not follow the academic style:

Some time soon they will find a vaccine for malaria.

• Use of pronoun informal

• absolute statement

• Imprecise

• informal word used

Why is this example in poor style?:

What were the main causes of the American Revolution?