Organising the text
Here are some useful collocations for organising one’s arguments.
Adverbs in English fall into two main categories: those ending in –ly (e.g. softly) and those with other endings (e.g. well).
Later, I shall make reference to the work of Georgi Perelmutter, a leading figure in the field of zoology.
In this chapter, I draw a distinction between societies where democracy has developed slowly and those where it came about quickly or suddenly.
Chapter 3 raises important questions about the need for transport planning in rapidly growing urban environments. It also touches on issues such as pollution.
But we also need to take into consideration the economic history of Latin America as a whole.
This chapter makes a case for re-examining the assassination of President Kennedy in the light of evidence which has emerged since 1963.
Reinforcing arguments
Look at these extracts from university lectures and note the collocations.
More collocations for referring to arguments
The book The Eye of the Universe draws an analogy (1) between the birth of the universe and a lottery. It also draws parallels (2) between the formation of new stars and the birth and death of flowers. It presents the case for a complete rethinking of how we understand space. The author, Patrick Rivaux, puts forward the argument that the universe is as it is because we humans are here looking at it. The author takes up / adopts the position that the universe cannot have any beginning or end, and states his opinion that we can never understand the universe using the human ideas of time and space. He argues convincingly (3) that the universe has a unique nature. He draws attention to new research which suggests that other universes may also exist alongside ours. He briefly summarises (4) the views of leading physicists and mathematicians, disagrees profoundly (5) with some of them and draws the conclusion that science alone cannot solve the mystery of the universe.
1 makes a comparison between things which have similar features, to help explain an idea
2 says that something is very similar to something else
3 argues in a way that makes people believe that something is true or right
4 expresses the most important ideas in a short and clear form
5 disagrees very strongly or in an extreme way
-English Collocations in Use Intermediate
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