Crime Rate Assessment
Follow this writing guide!
Writing Guide for APA
Words or phrases TO NOT USE (awkward, cliché, or over used)
There is
There are
There was
There were
Thing or things, this is vague
It is
It was
Give, gave, given, get or any other form
Great, overused word
Utilized, overused word
That is
That are
Real, really, actually, are cliché
All of, awkward
Overall
Has always been, avoid two part verbs
Avoid transitive verbs having and being
The fact that, is wordy, do not use it
Phrases that have requirements
Whether must be followed by or
Not only must be followed by but also
Other rules
Do not start sentence with conjunctions, and, but, or
When listing place a comma following the second item, or additional items
No contractions
Avoid salutatory titles such as Mr. or Ms.
A person must be followed by who, not that (persons that is wrong, persons who is right, members that is wrong, members who is right)
General public is redundant; use only one of the words
End result is redundant; use only one of the words
Allow for is a phrasal verb, avoid using it
Use third person, do not use us, we, our, you, or yours
Effective and efficient is overused
Do not use URLs for in text citations
Daily basis is redundant; use only one of the words
Avoid end of sentence prepositions such as for or to
Discreet is careful whereas discrete is two or more separate items
Do not use in order to, delete in order
Avoid where unless using a location, use in which
The ability to is simpler said with the word can
Many different is redundant, use only one word
Use through not thru
Use about not as to
Avoid is when, use occurs when
Hyphenate multipart adjectives such as hand-in-hand
Number one to nine are written out 10 or higher are written as numerals unless they are the first word in the sentence