... point of view by writing a short summaryof it.We have noticed above the need to take care that we meanwhat we say. But we must similarly take care, as the March Hare andthe ‘Mad’ Hatter crossly ... whom you are writing forand whom you are writing to. The academic essay is in some respectsan artificial task. Though you are ostensibly writing to a relativelydepersonalised ‘academic establishment’, ... many smaller, and more easily handled,instances.There is, too, the role of discussion. Discussion is an essentialpart of academic work both as an informal preparation for writing andas writing s...