4 ways grammatical metaphor improves academic writing
- Written by Vinh To, Lecturer in English Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Tasmania

Young children often write as they speak. But the way we speak and the way we write isn’t quite the same. When we speak, we often use many clauses (which include groups of words) in a sentence. But when we write – particularly in academic settings — we should use fewer clauses and make the meaning clear with fewer words and...





