Academic register: nominalisation, passive voice, hedging and formal vocabulary

What this note covers

1. Register and why it is assessed across three criteria
2. Formal vocabulary: replacing informal words and phrasal verbs
3. Nominalisation: packing actions into nouns
4. The passive voice: when and how to use it
5. Hedging and modality: claiming exactly what the evidence supports
6. Objective stance without 'I think'
7. Matching register to form and audience: a paragraph transformed

7 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes