A. Wallwork
, English for Research Usage, Style, and Grammar,DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1593-0_16, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
16.1 put the subject before the verb and as near as possible to the beginning of the phrase 1. Put the subject before the verb (for exceptions see
16.5
,
16.6
).
2. The subject generally contains the most important information. Put it as near as possible to the beginning of the sentence.
YES NO 1
The referees reports have arrived.
They have arrived the referees reports .
1 The
method is important. It is important the
method .
2
Several techniques can be used to address this problem. To address this problem
several techniques can be used.
2
Time and cost are among the factors that influence the choice of parameters. Among the factors that influence
the choice of parameters are time and cost .
2 Although
algorithms for this kind of processing are reported in the above references, the execution of … Although in the
above references one can find algorithms for this kind of processing, the execution of …
16 Word order nouns and verbs 16.2 decide what to put first in a sentence alternatives 1. Put the most important idea first, this will make your writing more direct and memorable.
NORMAL POSITION OF THE SUBJECT TO GIVE PARTICULAR EMPHASIS 1
Lee noted that 40% of the data was erroneous, contrasting with Halls estimation of 20%. Up to 40% of the data was misleading,
Lee notes. Author stressed to contrast with other author. Here the quantity is stressed.
1 Anew cure was discovered recently [12]. It was only recently that anew cure was discovered [12]. The time reference (
only recently ) gives interesting or surprising new information.
