When I was younger I'd have said that how you write and what you say were as independent as shape and color. But that's not true.
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In college, I had a prof tell me to write like an academic. Emulate the style of course material. Applying that elsewhere works too.
I did that without anyone telling me to, and the results were not good.
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Simplified: everything has a language and voice. Academics, business, whatever. Learn to write in it.
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might help that I wasn't a CE major
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I once emulated Erasmus' thoughtstyle in "In Praise of Folly." Months later I remembered that it was meant to be a satire.
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Obfuscation is always an evil, and one particularly rife in academic writing. But clarity is hard work, and takes courage.
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