WORDS NOT TO USE IN ACADEMIC WRITING ❌❌ What does it mean to write in an academic style? It doesn't mean using lots of long words and complicated sentences! The purpose of academic writing is to communicate complex ideas in a way that makes them least likely to be challenged. So it's important to avoid any ambiguity. That means that academic writing must be: ✍🏼 Formal, because informal writing is not always understood in the same way by every reader; ✍🏼 Structured, because complex ideas need t