Monday, May 22, 2006

ABC: Series 1 Episode 3 - Computer growth

  • Formal or Informal Way
Use impersonal objective

we've - we have
We & I are not used in a academic formal writing.

Instead, we use
there is
there are

there has been
there will be


We've had solid momentum.
There has been solid momentum.

We expect that momentum is going to continue.
It is expected that momentum is going to continue.


  • Adjective - things

the rise, the increase, the growth,
the drop, the decrease.


rapid, slow, slight, dramatic, sudden, consistent.


  • Adverbs - actions

to rise, to increase, to drop, to decrease.

rapidly, slowly, slightly, suddenly, consistently.


It has grown consistently.
There has been consistent growth.


  • How to describe ...
1. Include data.
2. Use objective, impersonal language.
3. Describe changes to data.
4. Comment on the data.

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