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15.9 avoid informal words and contractions 1. Some words and expressions relating to quantities are considered too informal for research papers.
2. Prefer
such as to
like when giving examples.
3. Prefer
thus (
therefore, consequently ) to
so; prefer
in any case to
anyway. 4. Avoid
actually at the beginning of a sentence.
5. Prefer
until to
till. 6. Avoid contracted forms (e.g.
it isn’t, we’ll ). Instead use the full form
(e.g.
it is not, we will ).
7. Avoid colloquial phrasal verbs (e.g.
check out, get around, give up, work out ). See
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