Those of you looking for practical informed advice about academic writing could do worse than look at Princeton's writing centre
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/writing/Writing_Center/WCWritingResources.htm
Duke also has a nice PDf based on Williams
http://uwp.duke.edu/wstudio/resources/ppt/StyleCCC.pdf
I have to point out I don't pretend to write like this myself all the time - only when I'm serious. I must say, also, in the interests of research I've read maybe 60-75 phd theses in design recently and the quality of communication and style varies so much that one has to ask did a DESIGNER write this? Cheers.
Dr Gavin Melles
Lecturer, Research Degree Skills
Faculty of Design
Swinburne University of Technology
Mob (03) 0402927278
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