Episode Synopsis "What makes academic writing "academic"?"

Inducted into the course, you might have understood what to expect and to achieve herein. Now we move on to the very question, as to what makes your writing "academic": Is being "academic" a language, a style, or a way to "belong" in a particular community at school? We'll briefly look into this question in this episode, from a grammatical perspective.

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