Wish I had this explained back in HS essay writing. My SO long ago embraced the intro - three supports - conclusion structure. Somewhere along the line I had learned to despise structure and prefer meandering prose and fought structure... felt it as too disconnected. But academic writing follows these rules whether there are three bullet points or other than three regardless of the statistical likelihood.
Was reminded of this in an email earlier today with an academic partnership broken down into three bullet points. The third bullet point was three more bullet points.
I realize you made no specific mention of the rule of threes other than adhering to it in your examples. Amazing how much of our credibility is apparently still ruled by numerology!
Wish I had this explained back in HS essay writing. My SO long ago embraced the intro - three supports - conclusion structure. Somewhere along the line I had learned to despise structure and prefer meandering prose and fought structure... felt it as too disconnected. But academic writing follows these rules whether there are three bullet points or other than three regardless of the statistical likelihood.
Was reminded of this in an email earlier today with an academic partnership broken down into three bullet points. The third bullet point was three more bullet points.
I realize you made no specific mention of the rule of threes other than adhering to it in your examples. Amazing how much of our credibility is apparently still ruled by numerology!