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Academic writing favors impersonal, objective structures: passive voice, nominalisation, hedging, and avoiding contractions or first-person opinion words like "I think."
I think the results don't prove much.
The results appear inconclusive. — Academic writing avoids first-person opinion phrasing in favor of objective statements.
We can't say for sure what caused this.
The cause cannot be determined with certainty. — Avoid contractions and casual phrasing in academic register.
It was found that costs increased.
The reason for this cannot be determined with certainty.