Thinking about @thesiswhisperer comparing academic writing to a painful upper middle-class dinner convo. Inger, this is so on point. Being neither posh, nor English native speaker, I decided to develop strategies to & #39;fit in& #39;, while trying to stay concise and clear.

Sometimes I read articles glossing over contents and only focusing on phrasing. An example from today& #39;s reading: "Equipped with the findings of this literature, this paper can be seen as a call to go back to basics by further analysing..." nice, I like the formal lookhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👌" title="Ok hand" aria-label="Emoji: Ok hand">

My favourite writing, however, is relatable and able to convey theories into & #39;why should we care& #39; points, e.g. "When people talk about the value of ‘who you know’ and ‘networking,’ they are talking about having
and developing social capital..."

Perhaps I ought to set up an academic phrase bank, ideally multiple ones: for STS, geography, planning, computer sciences. I am aware of Manchester Uni phrase bank, but I think doesn& #39;t really cut the mustard for social scientists http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/ ">https://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/">...

Oh, and that& #39;s a link to thesis whisperer blog about upper middle-class dining, by which I mean academic writing https://thesiswhisperer.com/2017/09/27/academic-writing-is-a-painful-upper-middle-class-dinner-party/">https://thesiswhisperer.com/2017/09/2...

Finally, here is the paper I cited for the purpose of this thread https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053951718820549">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/...