English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar


Of the three candidates we interviewed, the last was certainly the best. 3,4 We selected our samples from



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Of the three candidates we interviewed, the last was certainly the best.
3,4 We selected our samples from a collection of 4543 items. A comparison of the three figures reveals that …
5 Two thirds of tropical soils are oxisols and ultisols. Nine out of ten. Half of the samples.


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14.5 at, into i (location, state, change)
1.
At before buildings and workplace, in before towns, countries etc. In both cases no movement is involved.
2.
To after a verb that indicates a destination.
3.
At when describing the location of items in diagrams and figures, in before figures, tables etc. when used in association with verbs such as
see, show, highlight.
4.
To to indicate movement, change, conformance, limits and consequence adhere , adjust, attach, attract, bind, bring, come, confine,
conform, connect, consign, convey, deliver, direct, email, fax, go, lead,
link, move, react reply, respond, restrict, send, stick, supply, switch,
take, tend, tie, transmit, write, yield . This rule also applies to the related nouns delivery, modification, response, tendency etc.
5.
In is used before certain states e.g. equilibrium, parallel, series.
6.
To is also used after certain adjectives that indicate position adjacent,
close, contingent, contiguous, external, internal, next, orthogonal,
parallel, perpendicular, tangent, transverse.
AT
IN
TO
1,2 They arrived at the airport, while we were still at work and Pete was at the restaurant. They arrived in New York, while we were still
in China. They have gone to Beirut fora conference.
3,4 This can be seen
at the top / bottom
/ side / edge of the figure. As can be seen in Figure 1, the trend is … Also, as highlighted in Table 3 … This was then moved to the top / bottom of the list.
5,6 The devices are placed

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