I came across "make a stride" while I read some articles about global climate change. However, I am not sure if that is formal enough to use in writing an academic essay. If not, what are the formal words for this?
It is formal and instead of make a stride you can use;
advance considerably, make substantial progress or decisive progress.
'Make a stride' is usually used with 'great' as in' make a great stride'.
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In terms of Climate Change, I would use such an expression with a lot of caution ... it is the sort of phrase a government media release might contain, and quite often such phrases are used precisely because they are difficult to quantify. I would not use it in an academic paper - other than to "quote" other sources, and in the process of running a critique of the claimed progress made (in Climate Change policies or anything else). So I would avoid it because it can be seen as effusive, as much as being a bit informal for a paper. – Cargill Dec 1 '15 at 7:56
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You are right. Stride has 'great' meaning in it. I have never used 'make a stride' but '... advanced considerably in the past years' and '... made substantial progress in ...' on the papers I have written. – Grizzly Dec 1 '15 at 8:03
