SelfWriter 8 | - Freelance Writer
Mar 16, 2019 | #1
College students are often bewildered when it comes to getting an A mark on their research paper. The elusive score often drives a student to madness as he or she tries to push up their GPA score by writing an impressive research paper.
The aha-moment! That's the secret - use intelligent sounding words! The more complicated the word to spell is, the more the professor will see the student as an intelligent person.
Wrong! Using big words, as often referred to by rational academic paper writers, only shows the professor that you are out there to impress, not out to prove your knowledge on the subject that is based on scientific research and an understanding of the relevant information. To put it in context, complicated words impress no-one.
It is easy to understand why students would mistake using ancient English vocabulary or, sounding like Shakespeare the Bard in their papers. Some of the best books and literary works were published using such difficult to understand words. Therefore, it may seem that those literary geniuses were intelligent people. However, the fact is that these historical authors were using the English vocabulary of their era. Yes. Every era has its own style of English writing and vocabulary. That does not mean it is the best way to write in modern time. It merely represents how other people wrote during that time, using words that were relevant to their knowledge and society in the past.
Artistic English writing samples refer to text such as those written by our forefathers at the Lincoln Memorial that states:
In this temple
As in the hearts of the people
For whom he saved the Union
The memory of Abraham Lincoln
Is enshrined forever
In plain English, all the quote is trying to say is "Abraham Lincoln is an American hero whose war time actions helped built America so we will remember him forever."
So, does it mean that the 21st century cannot produce prolific writers and notable research work because our vocabulary is less complicated? On the contrary, within the next 25 years, our way of writing and word usage will be the living English language of the early 21st century. It will be using words that will sound complicated and impressive to the next generation of writers and researchers because these everyday English words will be a part of an "ancient" form of English. Those simple words that we take for granted today, will sound impressive and complicated for the future generations. So, don't fret about saying things straight out. You won't seem any less intelligent for using simpler words or sentence presentations. What matters now is that you can get the audience of your written work, be it a professor or peer reviews by classmates, to understand the point you are trying to make or the information you want to share.
To conclude -- go ahead, keep your presentations simple. Your intelligence will never be judged by the way you use complicated words anyway. In fact, you may even confuse your own professor, who may not be familiar with the outdated English words you might decide to use in your writing.
The aha-moment! That's the secret - use intelligent sounding words! The more complicated the word to spell is, the more the professor will see the student as an intelligent person.
Wrong! Using big words, as often referred to by rational academic paper writers, only shows the professor that you are out there to impress, not out to prove your knowledge on the subject that is based on scientific research and an understanding of the relevant information. To put it in context, complicated words impress no-one.
It is easy to understand why students would mistake using ancient English vocabulary or, sounding like Shakespeare the Bard in their papers. Some of the best books and literary works were published using such difficult to understand words. Therefore, it may seem that those literary geniuses were intelligent people. However, the fact is that these historical authors were using the English vocabulary of their era. Yes. Every era has its own style of English writing and vocabulary. That does not mean it is the best way to write in modern time. It merely represents how other people wrote during that time, using words that were relevant to their knowledge and society in the past.Artistic English writing samples refer to text such as those written by our forefathers at the Lincoln Memorial that states:
In this temple
As in the hearts of the people
For whom he saved the Union
The memory of Abraham Lincoln
Is enshrined forever
In plain English, all the quote is trying to say is "Abraham Lincoln is an American hero whose war time actions helped built America so we will remember him forever."
So, does it mean that the 21st century cannot produce prolific writers and notable research work because our vocabulary is less complicated? On the contrary, within the next 25 years, our way of writing and word usage will be the living English language of the early 21st century. It will be using words that will sound complicated and impressive to the next generation of writers and researchers because these everyday English words will be a part of an "ancient" form of English. Those simple words that we take for granted today, will sound impressive and complicated for the future generations. So, don't fret about saying things straight out. You won't seem any less intelligent for using simpler words or sentence presentations. What matters now is that you can get the audience of your written work, be it a professor or peer reviews by classmates, to understand the point you are trying to make or the information you want to share.
To conclude -- go ahead, keep your presentations simple. Your intelligence will never be judged by the way you use complicated words anyway. In fact, you may even confuse your own professor, who may not be familiar with the outdated English words you might decide to use in your writing.