English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar

shift the negation word ( no, not, nothing etc) to near the

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• YES WRONG (*) OR NOT OPTIMUM 1 This did not

17.7 shift the negation word ( no, not, nothing etc) to near the beginning of the phrase Negations generally contain key information so they should be located as near as possible to the beginning of the sentence. By doing so, you signal to the reader that you are about to say something negative rather than something affirmative. It can be misleading to put the negation at the end. So put the following near the main verb. N ot and no. 2. Adverbs that contain negative information, for example only, rarely, seldom, never. 3. Note the position of or not when associated with whether + verb. YES WRONG (*) OR NOT OPTIMUM 1 This did not seem to be the case. This seemed not to be the case 1 There is almost no documentation on this particular matter. Documentation on this particular matter is almost completely lacking . 1 We did not find anything to contradict these results. We found to contradict these results nothing .* = We found nothing to contradict these results. 1 Finally, no noticeable post- copulatory behaviour was observed in this species. Finally, a noticeable post-copulatory behaviour was not observed in this species. 1 The referees did not find b the results interesting. The referees found the results not interesting 1 Our results revealed that there is no relationship between X and Y. Our results revealed that a relationship between X and Y does not exist. 2 This rarely happens when the user is online. The number of times this happens when the user is online is generally very few .* The frequency of this event when the user is online is rare .* 2 Web onlyb realized this at the end of the tests. We realized this only at the end of the tests. 3 This study investigates the influences affecting a physician’s decision whether or not to prescribe medicines. This study investigates the influences affecting a physician’s decision whether to prescribe or not medicines decision whether to prescribe medicines or not . A. Wallwork, English for Research Usage, Style, and Grammar, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1593-0_18, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 Download 1.57 Mb. Share with your friends: