Good academic writing is concise, precise, and gets quickly to the point, delivering a huge amount of information in a short amount of space.
(Also, by sticking to the point, academic writing minimizes digressions to emotionally charged or controversial topics. This reduces the risk of distracting the reader by getting into mind-killer territory. But that’s more about what academic writing says, not how.)
What are “the advantages of academic English”?
It is stuffy and turns off many people, so it sounds prestigious?
Good academic writing is concise, precise, and gets quickly to the point, delivering a huge amount of information in a short amount of space.
(Also, by sticking to the point, academic writing minimizes digressions to emotionally charged or controversial topics. This reduces the risk of distracting the reader by getting into mind-killer territory. But that’s more about what academic writing says, not how.)