Academic Literacies 2

Tutorial Week 11
Outline
 Sentence structure
 Effective sentences
 Problematic sentences
 Word choice
 Clarity and conciseness

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Resources
 Gillet, A. Using English for Academic Purposes
[online], available:
http://uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm [accessed
09 April 2010].
 Trask, L. (1997) Guide to Punctuation [online],
available:
http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/department
/docs/punctuation/node00.html [accessed 09
April 2010].
 Truss, L. (2009) Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero
Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. London:
Fourth Estate.
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