ACMB01H3 Lecture 3: ACMB01 Lecture III
26 Apr 2018
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Writing skill: strong verbs (refer to this for journal #3) Examples: intransitive, transitive, past tense, present tense, future tense, progressive tense, perfect tense, past perfect tense, future perfect tense, indicative mood, imperative mood, subjunctive mood. Verbs can show action or a condition/state of being. Strong verbs show movement in practice, i. e. (cid:385) the study shows the method worked. (cid:385) dr. seto wrote about the project"s viability. Administer, anticipate, revolutionize, localize, authorize, manipulate, personalize, incorporate, utilize. Readers feel a vague sense of the action ate and (cid:385)ize verbs distance the reader. These verbs are necessary in academic writing but find ways to minimize their use. Abstract verbs(cid:386)is, are, was, were(cid:386)evoke a condition or state of being, but don"t stand alone as meaningful. Dead verbs contribute to wordiness (cid:385) the concept was difficult. (requires sentences to give more context) (cid:385) the difficult concept confused students. Dead verbs can act as complements of strong verbs weakening the effect of the strong verb.
