Bit #16 – Manchester Academic Phrasebank (https://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/)
You are not alone if you have ever struggled to find the right words while writing. Academic writing follows a consistent structure of sorts, but the wording can sometimes be unnecessarily complicated.
To combat this struggle, Dr. John Morley from The University of Manchester created a bank of “some of the phraseological ‘nuts and bolts’ of writing organised according to main sections of a research paper or dissertation.” This resource gives you wording for introducing work, referring to sources, describing methods, reporting results, discussing findings, and writing conclusions. As well as some general language functions (e.g., being cautious, being critical, defining terms, explaining causality, etc.).
Example:
Spend some time perusing this resource and see how your writing transforms.
