Econeditor
  • Home
  • Background
  • Testimonials
  • Editing Process
  • Writing tips
  • Contact

Tips on writing designed for academic authors

Plain writing

11/5/2018

1 Comment

 
Editing in academia is a challenge. On the one hand, there is the need for jargon specific to the discipline. On the other, there is a need to make the writing easy to understand and to read. For example, many academics like to use long introductory phrases to explain why they are going to take the action at the end of the sentence. For the reader, this technique is laborious and can lead to rereading the sentence. There is also a tendency to add layers of redundancy; for example, "The firm value is related to firm profits that are the result of firm performance." This is a tough sentence to read. The English language allows this sentence to be simplified: "The firm's value is related to its profits that result from its performance." Now, the sentence is concise and has the same meaning.
Here is a short video on this topic: https://youtu.be/JT0U94349Hc
1 Comment
Kian link
8/12/2021 07:56:27 pm

Lovely blog you havve here

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author: Jonathan Moore

    Copyeditor of economics

    Archives

    May 2022
    May 2021
    June 2020
    December 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    March 2019
    November 2018
    June 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    October 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Background
  • Testimonials
  • Editing Process
  • Writing tips
  • Contact