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Jan, 18th

Attendance form

Professor Tom said that...Professor Dick told Harry that...

According to... ,

Reporting what others say

describe

claim / assert / contend / maintain / declare

mention

prove

explain

state

observe / note / comment / point out

demostrate / show

imply

suggest

argue

emphasise / highlight / stress

pinpoint

advance / put forward / propose

cast doubt on

question

Reporting what others say

describe

claim / assert / contend / maintain / declare (say something is true, often used when others disagree)

mention (refer to briefly)

prove (show that something must be true)

explain

state (say directly)

observe / note / comment / point out (state but not develop at length)

demostrate / show

suggest (say indirectly or tentatively)

Reporting what others say

imply (suggest indirectly)

argue (state with reasons)

emphasise / highlight / stress (state with reasons)

pinpoint (focus in on)

advance / put forward / propose (used with idea, theory, hypothesis)

cast doubt on (suggest something is inaccurate)

question (express doubts about)

Reporting what others say

describe - give a description

claim / assert - make the claim/assertion

prove - provide proof of

explain - provide an explanation

state - coll. challenge a statement

observe - coll. support an observation

demostrate - give a demonstration

imply - make the implication

argue - put forward the argument

emphasise / stress - put emphasis/stress on

Reporting what others say

suggest (say indirectly or tentatively)

suggest + direct object + to infinitiveThey suggested me to apply...

suggest + to infinitive They suggested to wait for...

X

X

suggest + noun phraseThey suggested an interesting solution...

suggest + that clauseThey suggested (that) s/he takes more exercise

suggest + ing formThey suggested taking more exercise

Uncountable nouns

educationequipmentevidenceinformationknowledgeprogressresearchsoftware

Singular plurals

Irregular plurals

dynamicsethicsforensicsgeneticslinguisticsphoneticspoliticsstatisticsnews

formulas/formulaeseriesspeciesanalysesbasescriseshypothesesthesesschemas/schematacriteriaphenomenaaddendadatamedia...

compare

compare with/toa comparison ofa comparison between A and Bin comparison withas compared toanalogies between / to draw an analogy with

contrast

differ fromdifference(s) indifferent from/to/than

similarities

similarly, likewisethe same as...

differences

In/By contrastConversely,Unlike,whereas/whilerather thanOn the one hand... On the other handthe reverse is true