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Welcome to AWE — a guide to Academic Writing in English. AWE aims to give helpful advice, rather than to be prescriptive - it does not tell you what to do. It is not a dictionary or an encyclopedia. It is meant for students in Higher Education in the UK, including non-native speakers.
AWE is a new development. It is an experimental test of an idea. It is currently in an early developmental stage. We welcome any comments, but cannot reply individually. To comment on any article in AWE: click on the talk tab at the top of the page - and write your thoughts, ideas, comments or criticisms in the blank page that opens.
Newcomers may wish to know more about AWE or get help with using AWE.
Guides
AWE is intended to help you become a better writer. This is a matter of taste and style. AWE does not set out to be judgemental: our aim is to advise you how to write in a style appropriate to your studies.
- Good writing
- Correctness
- Referencing
- Advice leaflets (from Hull University's Study Advice Service)
Categories
Our 4,584 articles (and more) are arranged into broad categories, which may be a useful starting point. Some examples are:
- Academic English
- Word classes
- Pronunciation
- Figures of Speech
- Foreign words
- Grammar
- Category:Spelling common errors
- Category:First person problems
- For a comprehensive list, see Category list (on your left)
Courses
Structured courses on aspects of writing provide further depth to many of the topics covered in AWE.
