Writing Tip 13: What’s Wrong With “The Present Study”?

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Nothing, grammatically. The problem is what happens when “the present study” shows up nine times in one results section.

What you will learn

• Why “the present study” isn’t wrong, but repeating it costs the reader
• The fix: swap to “we”, or “this study” when a clean noun phrase is needed
• Why this matters more in a word-capped abstract than anywhere else

Free, self-paced, one sitting. Finish the quiz and you get a certificate.

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