- Be concrete rather than abstract
- Use active verbs (exciting and not passive voice)
- Eliminate forms of “to be” as much as possible (e.g. “be” “is”, “was”, “were”, “are”)
- Put human beings in rather than writing impersonally
- Use shorter sentences
- Use simpler and more compact words
- Omit needless words
- Include a conclusion
(above advice from https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2013/05/teaching-college-students-to-write/)
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