- It is common practice to use the future tense in introductory sections of academic work, such as 'The purpose of this essay is to...' or 'This paper will explore...'
- However, it is considered more assertive to write in the present - 'The purpose of this essay is to...' or 'This report explores...'.
-**Contractions** Don't use contractions. Do not use contractions. Use the full form.
# Paraphrashing
- When citing sources, the words must be considerably different than the original; you must demonstrate that you have understood someone else's ideas and can summarise them in your own style or words without borrowing or copying their phrases.
- Work is deemed to be plagiarised when you just change a few words.
