hello, my English literature coursework essay is nearly 4 times over the word limit. if people could give me suggests in regards to how to cut down my words that would be very helpful.
also I would greatly appreciate it if someone could look through my essay and tell me the parts which could be potentially taken out.
hello, my English literature coursework essay is nearly 4 times over the word limit. if people could give me suggests in regards to how to cut down my words that would be very helpful.
also I would greatly appreciate it if someone could look through my essay and tell me the parts which could be potentially taken out.
thank-you very much for your time
Unfortunately I wont have enough time to look through it since Im already behind in all my work and revision
BUT
4x is a MASSIVE margin if it was smaller I would say . 1) using hyphens where possible: makes two words one word 2) replacing numbers over 10 with figures (perfectly standard in academic writing) 3) re-structuring/re-writing paragraphs as oppose to trying to cut word by measly word 4) using synonyms to turn standardized phrases into single words 5) checking with your professor/assistant to see if the abstract/key words/bibliography/appendices/graph titles etc count in the limit 6) asking whether there is the "usual leeway" of 10% above/below the limit 7) using colons, semi-colons, dashes where possible-- instead of "and"s etc 8) having two people separately edit the essay to try and cut words out (perhaps give them each a version with different sentences missing and see if they comment on the "flow") 9) re-consider the introduction; often you just get used to paragraphs 'sounding' a certain way based on re-reading them but some of the intro detail is superfluous/obvious 10) if submitting a hard copy only, don't include the word count or round it down a little (by a believable amount only of course!)
But since its so much
Have you answered the question DIRECTLY and nothing else. Maybe youve got TOO MANY CASE STUIDES/EXAMPLES/REASONING thats isnt needed
again 4x is alot too much, maybe vut your arguments from 7 to you strongest 3 for example and use the 10 tips
but defo cut out some big points first, 4x is a lot xD
Unfortunately I wont have enough time to look through it since Im already behind in all my work and revision
BUT
4x is a MASSIVE margin if it was smaller I would say . 1) using hyphens where possible: makes two words one word 2) replacing numbers over 10 with figures (perfectly standard in academic writing) 3) re-structuring/re-writing paragraphs as oppose to trying to cut word by measly word 4) using synonyms to turn standardized phrases into single words 5) checking with your professor/assistant to see if the abstract/key words/bibliography/appendices/graph titles etc count in the limit 6) asking whether there is the "usual leeway" of 10% above/below the limit 7) using colons, semi-colons, dashes where possible-- instead of "and"s etc 8) having two people separately edit the essay to try and cut words out (perhaps give them each a version with different sentences missing and see if they comment on the "flow") 9) re-consider the introduction; often you just get used to paragraphs 'sounding' a certain way based on re-reading them but some of the intro detail is superfluous/obvious 10) if submitting a hard copy only, don't include the word count or round it down a little (by a believable amount only of course!)
But since its so much
Have you answered the question DIRECTLY and nothing else. Maybe youve got TOO MANY CASE STUIDES/EXAMPLES/REASONING thats isnt needed
again 4x is alot too much, maybe vut your arguments from 7 to you strongest 3 for example and use the 10 tips
but defo cut out some big points first, 4x is a lot xD
thank you very much for your points, yeah i kind of went quite overboard when writing my essay. i have noticed that i have quite a lot of 'fancy' vocab, so will try working on making the essay more concise. agh i hate making things concise lol
hello, my English literature coursework essay is nearly 4 times over the word limit. if people could give me suggests in regards to how to cut down my words that would be very helpful.
also I would greatly appreciate it if someone could look through my essay and tell me the parts which could be potentially taken out.