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Question Digresion in English

I remember having read that in English writing, digressions should be avoided, and if only they are to appear, it should be rather in a form of footnotes or similar devices. It seems to make sense, but what do you think of that?

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Default Re: Digresion in English

In academic writing, yes, but in many other forms of writing there's nothing wrong with digressing.
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