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Top tips to write well: What's in this guide

Here are our favourite tips for good writing

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learn top tips for writing such as

tip 1 - writing complete sentences
tip 2 - keep your sentences manageable
tip 3 - use subordinate conjunctions properly
tip 4 - make your subject and verb agree
tip 5 - avoid awkward gender constructions
tip 6 - know how to use prepositions
tip 7 - understand puncuation
tip 8 - understand basic grammar
tip 9 - use a dictionary to check spelling
tip 10 - follow university writing conventions

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Last Updated: Nov 10, 2021 5:06 PM
URL: https://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/top_tips_for_writing
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Subjects: Writing skills

Tags: academic skills, grammar, punctuation, sentence construction, tips for writing, writing conventions