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Wisdom comes from living

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USED-FREQUENTLY ACADEMIC WORDS

A lot of/ loads of/ plenty of

A bit
To start/begin
Big
Many
To find out
To carry out
To use
To stop
To try
To want
To hate
To keep
To ask
To ask for
Mainly
Mostly
Partly
Surely
In general
Lucky
Wrong
In charge of
To get
To look at
To get worse
To rise/go up
To reduce/go down
To deal with
About (adv)
About (prep)
Almost
A lot
Next
The poor
The rich

a great deal of /numerous/ several

Somewhat, slightly
To initiate/commence
Large/great/significant/considerable + percentage
Numerous
Bountiful, plentiful
To ascertain
To conduct
To consume
To cease/abandon
To strive/endeavor/attempt
To desire
To dislike/abhor/detest
To retain/preserve
To inquire/enquire
To request
Primarily/principally
Largely/to some large extent
To some degree
To some certain extent
On the whole/generally/by and large/for the most part
Fortune
Incorrect/questionable
Take (on)/bear/have/ responsibility for sth
To be responsible for sth
To obtain/gain/accumulate/acquire
To explore/examine
To deteriorate/worsen/decline/degenerate/relapse
To increase/escalate
To decrease/decline
To minimize/lessen
To handle/contend with/address/tackle
Approximately/around/slightly over/less
Concerning/regarding sth
Nearly, more or less, virtually
a substantial amount, a considerable sum
Adjacent/neighbouring
The
needy/disadvantaged/impoverished/destitute/penniless/indigent
The affluent/wealthy/

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The young
Before
The old
To join
In accordance with
i.e.
e.g
relevant
To alarm
To copy
Debate
To debate
To show/describe
May be
and so on. / and so forth / etc.
To control
To prevent
To hinder
To limit
Important
Workers
Lack
Great
Result
Standard
To emphasize
To ignore
To improve
To solve
To cause
Income
To hinder
Reasonable
Dominant
Overwhelming
Nowadays

Teenagers/juvenile/adolescent/youngsters
Prior to
The senior citizens/retired/elderly/aged
To be involved in/engaged in/associated with
Pursuant to
Namely/that is
For example, take sth as an example, for instance
Pertinent to sth
To perturb
To imitate
Dispute/contention/controversy/dissent
To confer
To demonstrate/illustrate/depict/reveal/unfold/
Possibly, perhaps
To name just a few
To handle
To preclude/avert/restraint
To obstruct/inhibit/hamper/interfere with
To restrict/curb/contain/suppress
Vital/critical/momentous/notable/crucial/ (of great/vital/critical
importance)
employees
Shortage/insufficiency
Enormous/massive
Consequence, the fruits of sth, outcome, repercussion,
implication
Benchmark
To highlight/underscore
To neglect/underestimate
To enhance/promote/boost/facilitate
To resolve/settle/tackle/handle/cope with/combat/address
To trigger/pose/engender
To lead to/result in/give rise to/induce
Salary/wage/earnings/pay
To impede/hamper
Plausible
Prominent/overwhelming
Intractable
These days/In the present day/age, currently

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GOLDEN RULES FOR ACADEMIC WRITING

1. No contractions/abbreviation
Its obvious that the excessive use of smoking lead to a rise in the risk of lung cancer. IS
Government & large businesses d apply technical system to the treatment of industrial sewage
before discharging them into the environment. AND, WOULD
Nowadays, individual cant live without technology in the fast peace of life CANNOT
2. Avoid using personal I, You, We, impersonal language
Ch chung chung qu, v i khi m ch v Examiner
3. Not used SO, VERY, REALLY before Adjectives
Extremely, highly, exceedingly

4. Tenses: The present simple, the present perfect, will and past simple (rare case)
Khi ni n mt s tht chung chung, lun cp vn no qu kh, th chng ta dng nhiu
th The present simple

5. No ABSOLUTE WORDS/OVER-GENERLISATION always, never, absolutely, all, the

total/entire, everyone, certainly,
Nothing is perfect ^^ Khng c g tuyt i, ng hon ton c, tham kho nhng trng t
trn
6. Avoid repetition: lm mt im thang Lexical Resource (25%/task) synonym ^^ use
Oxford Dictionary of Thesaurus
7. Not used BUT/AND/OR/SO
However, In addition, Hence, Thence,
8. No use SPOKEN LANGUAGE:
Well, this is an interesting for me to find out. The first point is that .. ^^
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9. Dont use brackets () and dashes (-), exclamation marks (!!!)

10. Dont use colon (:) after SUCH AS, INCLUDING
11. Do not refer blindly to statistics without accurate reference
Ex: A recent study shows that
The statistics illustrates that .

12. Limit the use of INFORMAL/EVERYDAY LANGUAGE

Tham kho bng trn nh

13. Do not use SMILES fly like an eagle', 'solid as a rock', as black as ink
14. Do not begin a sentence with numerals
"There were 9 people...", : "There were nine people..."
15. Do not use SO ON, ETC, for further information
16. Avoid the emotional expressions: I LIKE/FEEL/HATE/
17. Avoid NOONE NO ONE, CAN NOT CANNOT
18. Do not use NOWADAYS to begin a sentence, namely, Introduction
19. USE IMPORTANT POINTS OF GRAMMAR: MODAL VERBS, PASSIVE VOICE,
RELATIVE CLAUSE, INVERSION, QUANTIFIERS, S-V AGREEMENT,
CONJUNCTION, COMPOUND/COMPLEX SENTENCE
20. Avoid using SIMPLE SENTENCE: We are coming, government should act immediately

20 GOLDEN RULES trn y cc bn nghin cu tht k dng. NOTHING IS PERFECT,

hy DNG N NG LC, NG CH
Mi sao chp, trch dn thng tin bi vit, file xin hy TRCH NGUN

DO STRIVE FOR THE BEST HAPPY WOMENS DAY

8-3-2015
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