Tag: style
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AI-supported writing and confusing style with purpose
Moving beyond debates about AI writing’s “human element,” this post explores how writing purpose should guide AI usage. From technical documentation to personal reflections, understanding the intended purpose of writing helps determine when AI support is appropriate. The post introduces a practical suggestion for evaluating AI writing through purpose rather than style.
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Why and How Academics Write
Badley, G. F. (2020). Why and How Academics Write. Qualitative Inquiry, 26(3–4), 247–256. …non-academics regard writing as bullshit when it is abstract and vague and full of jargon. Here, academics are accused of hiding behind prose which is dense, exaggerated, obfuscating, overblown, and full of deepities as our frequent claims to profundity have been termed.…