The whys and hows

[Maybo]

I’m wondering if I can write “the whys and the hows” in academic writing or exams? Are they formal?

 

[emsr2d2]

I probably wouldn't recommend it.

 

[Tdol]

Does that look like formal writing? The first "sentence" is not a grammatical sentence.

 

[Maybo]

Does that look like formal writing? The first "sentence" is not a grammatical sentence.

It doesn’t look like but I saw them in some titles of academic writing so I’m not sure if it’s fine to write them in the main context.

 

[5jj]

The first "sentence" is not a grammatical sentence.

It's a title.

 

[tedmc]

I agree the whys and hows is not formal. You could replace it with the rationales and procedures.

 

[Tdol]

It's a title.

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