Most common essay mistakes

Baelor
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:09:55 +0000

^Yes. I considered putting not to end clauses with prepositions, but I decided against it because of increased tolerance for it.

Uh… Let’s see:

3) Big words. I haven’t actually written my essays yet, but I have read a lot of them. Big words are bad if they don’t appear natural. Many I read were incorrect based on context, and it was awful. It makes you look pretentious and pedantic. The goal is precision: To find the word that best conveys what you want to say. This may be a big word. But it does not have to be.