Formal Writing Cheat Sheet for Beginning English ...

Evaluate the tenses. Write simply and use as few verbs as possible. Use the simple present and the simple past tense as much as possible until your skills improve. Avoid the present progressive tense—i.e. “I am eating an apple,” becomes “I eat an apple.” Avoid using “to be.” i.e. “I am going to be late,” becomes, “I will be ... ................
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