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    The document discusses weak and strong verbs. Weak verbs like "affect", "analyze", and "occur" are described as fuzzy, while stronger verbs like "accelerate", "accomplish", and "compare" are more direct and impactful. It also notes that verbs can be "smothered" when preceded by phrases like "make a" or "have a" and provides alternatives like using "suggest" instead of "make a suggestion" and "tend" instead of "have a tendency" that are more direct and action-oriented. The document is from a course on scholarly communication from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

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    The document discusses weak and strong verbs. Weak verbs like "affect", "analyze", and "occur" are described as fuzzy, while stronger verbs like "accelerate", "accomplish", and "compare" are more direct and impactful. It also notes that verbs can be "smothered" when preceded by phrases like "make a" or "have a" and provides alternatives like using "suggest" instead of "make a suggestion" and "tend" instead of "have a tendency" that are more direct and action-oriented. The document is from a course on scholarly communication from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

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    Weak Verbs: Fuzzy / Smothered Verbs: Scholarly Communication Course

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    Rjendra Lamsal
    The document discusses weak and strong verbs. Weak verbs like "affect", "analyze", and "occur" are described as fuzzy, while stronger verbs like "accelerate", "accomplish", and "compare" are more direct and impactful. It also notes that verbs can be "smothered" when preceded by phrases like "make a" or "have a" and provides alternatives like using "suggest" instead of "make a suggestion" and "tend" instead of "have a tendency" that are more direct and action-oriented. The document is from a course on scholarly communication from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

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    Weak verbs: fuzzy / smothered verbs

    Fuzzy verb Strong verb

    affect accelerate
    analyze accomplish
    conduct become
    discuss compare
    evaluate create
    explore decrease
    facilitate detect
    implement develop
    occur diagnose
    perform establish
    plan examine
    execute
    gather
    generate
    improve
    increase
    investigate
    modify
    react
    research

    Smothered verbs Action verb

    make a suggestion suggest


    ➔
    make an improvement improve
    ➔
    encourage development develop
    ➔
    make a presentation present
    ➔
    conduct an investigation investigate
    ➔

    come to an agreement ➔ agree


    conduct an experiment ➔ experiment
    have a tendency ➔
    tend
    give consideration ➔
    consider
    ➔
    make a statement state
    ➔
    perform an assessment assess

    Scholarly Communication Course


    Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
    https://www.coursera.org/learn/scholarly-communication

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