How many words can you go under in an essay?

How many words can you go under in an essay?

Word limits and assignment length. Assignment length requirements are usually given in terms of numbers of words. Unless the lecturer tells you that these limits are strict, it is normally acceptable to be 10% above or below this word limit (so, for example, a 2000 word assignment should be between 1800 and 2200 words)

Why do essays have word limits?

Originally Answered: What is the purpose of the word limit in an essay? The other answers here are good, but there's another reason: fairness. If one student writes 500 words, and another writes 1000 words, the 2nd is going likely to do a much more thorough job of answering the question.

What does word limit mean?

The purpose of a word limit is to give all students, across the University, a clear indication of the maximum length of a piece of assessed written work, the amount of work expected and therefore how much detail they should go into and how they should allocate time to one piece of assessed work in relation to others.