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Syntactically advanced construction with dual reporting verbs and infinitives
Smith/The author(s) describe xxx to show that explain xxx to demonstrate
present xxx to emphasize
xxx can include such nouns as: data, information, examples, illustrations,facts, statistics, study results, observations
Adverbial constructionsand hedges (seealsochap. 12onhedges)
According to Smith (2002), ...
(b) Thesecondorsubsequentmentionoftheauthor'sname/source
The author(s)
propose that report
comment
point out
remark suggest
(c) The second or subsequent mention in a paraphrase from the same source
The researcher(s)/this scholar goes on to further
additionally
say that writes
states
2. Reporting information in sentences with inanimate subjects (a) First or second/subsequent mentions of study results
Smith's (2002) study
Smith's (2002) findings The analysis of xxx
The investigation of xxx
shows that proposes
emphasizes
maintains
point out suggests argues denies
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