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These are some useful expressions used in academic writing:
1. Stating your own position on a Subject or Topic
• This paper aims at...
• This paper will be concerned with...
• The aim of this paper is to…
• The point of this article is to…
• It shall be argued in this paper/essay/review that…
• The view presented in this paper/essay/review is that..
2. Presenting your own point of view
• I strongly believe that...
• To my mind...
• As I see it....
• It seems to me evident/obvious that...
• I feel that...
• I think/contend that...
• There are many reasons why…
• It is important/necessary to point out that…
• The first thing to be considered is…
• It is a fact that…
3. Supporting your view and adding more information:
• The first/second reason why…is…
• irstly/!econdly...
•not only ...but also...
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• The most important…
• In addition" …
• urthermore" …
• #hat is more" …
• Another reason is …
• A further point is …
4. Stating the view of nother Person on a Subject or Topic
• $arris%s approch &'()*" p. '+ can be described as
follows...
• ,homsky &'(-" p. '+ maintains/argues/asserts/claims/points
out that...
• Th authors views ca be stated as follows...
• The opinion of ,homsky &'(-" p. '+ is that…
• ,homsky &'(-" p. '++ has suggested that ….
• According to !mith &'((0" p. '0+" …
• It is thought by some theorists" for example" ,homsky
&'(-" p. '+ and
$arris &'()*" p. '+ that…
!. greeing with the "iews of #thers
• I don%t agree with the authors ideas/thoughts...because...
• I don%t think the author%s views are accurate...because...
• ,homsky &'(-" p. '+ is certainly/may be correct/accurate
in saying that … because…
• As ,homsky &'(-" p. '+ says/states …
• 1ike ,homsky &'(-" p. '+" it can be agreed that ….
because…
$. %isagreeing with the "iews of #thers
• ,homsky &'(-" p. '+ fails to address the issue when he
says 2…2 because
…
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• #hen ,homsky &'(-" p. '+ argues that …. his reasoning is
3uestionable
because….
• 4ne of the main arguments against ,homsky &'(-" p. '+ and
$arris &'()*"
p. '+ is that …
• $arris &'()*+ approach/position/methods is/are
somewhat
inade3uate/inaccurate/insufficient because…
• There is some doubt that…
&. 'ndicating a (ac) of *now+edge in a Particu+ar Topic or
Subject
• 5espite the book%s attempts to... it lacks accuracy...
• #hat I find lacking in the research is...
• Although the research has tended to focus on…..rather less
attention has been
paid to…
• 6ost studies" such as $arris &'()*" p. '+ and ,homsky
&'(-" p. '+ have
emphasi7ed/concentrated on/focused on inade3uate
/insufficient….
,. %rawing a -onc+usion sing the /or) of #thers
•To sum up" ...
• In a nutshell" ...
• As a conclusion" ...
• As a summary" ...
• All in all" ...
•
To conclude" ...
• 8ased on these authors" a connection can be made between…
• It can be concluded from what 9ones &0**" p. 0+ and !mith
&0**0" p. '+ have
stated that... is …
• #hen !mith;s &0**'" p.0+ work/paper is looked at closely"
it is seen that…
• 4ne outcome of !mith;s &0**'" p.0+ work/paper/research is
…
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