Timeline for Writing style in academic English
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| Nov 30, 2019 at 8:34 | comment | added | curiousdannii | If you never have any filler/connecting words it's likely to feel like very dry reading. These phrases are natural parts of language and completely banning them could hurt readability, as sentence flows into sentence never giving your brain a rest. Of course if you're up against a word limit then they're the first things to take out... | |
| Nov 30, 2019 at 5:34 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | @MartinBonnersupportsMonica yeah you're right. Feel free to rewrite it, just trying to make a point they aren't needed and didn't spend much time crafting a reasonable example. | |
| Nov 29, 2019 at 11:57 | comment | added | Martin Bonner supports Monica | Sorry, your third sentence is just plain wrong. Specifically, a) to what end? The first part needs to specify an objective. b) How does the post making sense help achieve that objective. The OP's example of "To this end" in contrast was correct (but the sentence didn't really benefit from it). | |
| Nov 28, 2019 at 23:05 | comment | added | Oleg Lobachev | All in all it's nicely recusive to this end! You have my upvote. | |
| Nov 28, 2019 at 9:58 | history | answered | Bryan Krause♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |