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Vicky Ngô Posted 13 years ago
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"Doing poorly academically"?

John is doing poorly academically.

Is this formal language? I want to say this in my academic paper.
  

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Vicky Ngô Is this formal language? It's reasonably formal. It contains no slang.

— CalifJim

  • Vicky Ngô Is this formal language?
  • It's reasonably formal.
  • It contains no slang.
  • Vicky Ngô I want to say this in my academic paper.
  • It's fine for an academic paper, but I don't know why you would be mentioning a specific student in an academic paper.
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Vicky NgôIs this formal language?
It's reasonably formal. It contains no slang.
Vicky NgôI want to say this in my academic paper.
It's fine for an academic paper, but I don't know why you would be mentioning a specific student in an academic paper.

CJ
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He's just a character in a book Emotion: smile
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Vicky NgôHe's just a character in a book
OK. Got it!

CJ
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