Reading 《Writing and Presenting in the English》

Today I read a brochure named 《Writing and Presenting in the English: The Rosetta Stone of Science》. It is a very small book.
And I found several interesting points.
1. Using more contemporary writing, and less passive structures. Thus the following verbs should not appear in one's paper frequently:
There: there is, there are, there were, there has been, etc.
It: It was, It is, It has been, etc.
2. transition verbs:
<1>smoothers: furthermore, in addition, first, finally, lastly, moreover, incidentally, in fact, in truth, as a matter of fact, for example, such as, next, then
<2>contradictors: but, however, instead, nevertheless, despite, surprisingly, in spite of, in contrast, for comparison
<3>explainers: because, as a result, therefore, in general, consequently, as predicted, in conclusion, since, as , for, finally
#### dated transitions: as was mentioned earlier, the aforementioned, the authors would like to say. So do NOT use them! ####