Representing actions with nouns

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Neutral summarising nouns

When a neutral summarising noun is chosen, the writer's personal opinion about the previous stretch of writing is not emphasised . Here is a list of neutral summarising nouns which are often used to summarise a previous stretch of writing :

   account    analysis    announcement    answer
   approach    assessment    belief    classification
   comment    comparison    concept    conclusion
   definition    diagnosis    discussion    distinction
   estimate    evaluation    examination    example
   explanation    expression    finding    formulation
   hypothesis    illustration    inference    interpretation
   investigation    mention    observation    opinion
   paraphrase    phraseology    point    portrayal
   presentation    proposal    proposition    reasoning
   recognition    reference    remark    reply
   report    representation    request    response
   statement    suggestion    summary    thinking
   writing

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04conten.gif (549 bytes) Introduction
04conten.gif (549 bytes) Expressing ideas concisely
04conten.gif (549 bytes) Expressing ideas in an appropriately technical manner
04conten.gif (549 bytes) Manipulating the elements in a text
04conten.gif (549 bytes) Expressing ideas coherently
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04conten.gif (549 bytes) Summarising nouns used to give a negative evaluation
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04conten.gif (549 bytes) Summarising nouns referring to actions and events