Showing posts with label academic vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label academic vocabulary. Show all posts

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Degrees of certainly


Degrees of certainty

I strongly recommend that have look to this short notes which will help you to manage CERTAINLY in your Academic Writing

Some expressions those are useful when presenting ideas that they are true or almost certainly true:

It is evident that………….
There is a tendency for……
There is every likelihood…………
The research is likely to ………..
The situation is liable to change…………….
It is, of course, essential to check data carefully.
The best age for language learning is, apparently, the teenage years

The writer is unsure:


The research has allegedly come to some very significant conclusions
The article is reportedly an excellent piece of work
In the absence of evidence to the contrary we can assume that…………..
The perception of boys as poor language learners can be shown to be false

Sunday, 29 June 2008

Academic Vocabulary

Plastic Product Design book:

RAW: raw materials or substance are in their state before being processed or used in manufacturing. syn=unrefined,natural
REINFORCE: if something reinforces a feeling,situation,or process,it makes it stronger or more intense syn=support,strengthen
STIFF: something that is stiff is firm or does not bend easily. syn=inflexible
OPTIMUM: the optimum or optimal level or state of something is the best level or state that it coulad achieved. syn=ideal,best
ROTATION: rotation is circular movement. A rotation is the movement of something through one complete circle.
GRANULAR: garanular substances are composed of a lot of granules, or feel or look as if they are composed of a lot of granules
PARAMOUNT: somthing thet is paramount or of paramount importance is more important than anything else. syn=principal,prime,first