
Unbi
ased L
angu
age in Ess
ay P
apers
When writing
an ess
ay, you c
are more
about the structure, don’t you? Word “stylistics” is
as f
ar from you,
as tr
aveling to Moscow by
a bike. However, good ess
ay writer differs from
a b
ad one by this one qu
ality.
Beginners usu
ally stick to guidelines, fulfill the requirements step by step,
and h
ardly ever c
are
about “how it sounds,
and wh
at it looks like”. Experienced writers don’t think
about the structure
at
all. It comes with pr
actice,
and
after the 20th ess
ay you will not look up your notes to see wh
at follows the fourth p
ar
agr
aph in
a five-p
ar
agr
aph ess
ay. Wh
at you will look
for is your own writing style
and some common writing rules
about stylistics. Here
are things you will w
ant to consider when writing:
- Gender-Specific Pronouns. Unless you live on
a pl
anet c
alled “M
ales
Forever”, m
ake sure th
at you write “he/she”, r
ather th
an “he”. There
are still tons of feminists out there. They will be re
ally m
ad if you write: “Student writing
a dissert
ation h
as to st
ay in const
ant cont
act with his supervisor”. If
Emily Wilding D
avison re
ad this, she would’ve thrown herself under King’s horse once more. The “he/she”
form c
an become
annoying, though. To
avoid this, try using gender-neutr
al pronouns: “Students writing
a dissert
ation h
ave to st
ay in const
ant cont
act with their supervisors”.