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Vocabulary and writing - Coggle Diagram

- - - - accept (verb)/except (prep)
      - compliment (noun/verb)/complement (verb)
      - its (pronoun)/it’s (pronoun + verb)
  - - - use without the writer being aware of the original form
    - - are made up of the initial letters of a name or phrase
    - - are read as sets of individual letters
      - names of countries, organisations and companies
      - abbreviations that are only found in written English
    - - There are many standard abbreviations that have a full stop after them to show that it is a shortened form of a word
        
        co. (company)
        
        Oct. (October).
    - - there are certain abbreviations common to all types of academic writing
      - anon. anonymous (no author)
      - asap as soon as possible
      - ed. editor/edition
      - i.e. that is
      - NB. take careful note
      - nd no date (i.e. an undated source)
      - re: with reference to
      - p.a. yearly (per annum)
- - - - argue
      - observe
    - - as Scott observed: '...'.
    - - argue
      - claim
      - consider
      - hypothesise
      - suggest
      - believe
      - state
    - - accept
      - admit
      - agree with
      - deny
      - doubt
    - - assume
      - conclude
      - discover
      - explain
      - imply
      - indicate
      - maintain
      - show
      - reveal
      - presume
  - - - blame
      - censure
      - commend
      - condemn
      - criticise
      - All except ‘commend’ have a negative meaning.
    - - assess
      - characterise
      - classify
      - define
      - describe
      - evaluate
      - identify
      - interpret
      - portray
      - present
  - - - time (when?):previously ,retrospectively
      - degree (how much?):considerably,substantially
      - manner (in what way?):medically ,remotely
  - - - but/yet
      - Although/while
      - In spite of/despite
      - However/nevertheless