Tag
Vocabulary
2 posts tagged Vocabulary from Dr Mariam's OET writing team.
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Two Words Most OET Candidates Never Use (and Should): The Precision Vocabulary Fix
OET writing vocabulary precision: the two-word phrase 'has since' that most candidates never use, and how it replaces wordy, vague sentences with a single accurate one.
OET WritingLanguageVocabularyConciseness & ClarityUpdated 29 September 2026
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Abbreviations in OET Writing: What to Use, What to Avoid, and How to Write Them
Which abbreviations are acceptable in OET letters, how to introduce unfamiliar ones, and the clinical punctuation conventions that differ from everyday English — covering the Language and Conciseness criteria.
OET WritingLanguageVocabularyClinical WritingUpdated 29 June 2026