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I have to write an abstract in English for my paper. I've wrote about a specific Hungarian sociolinguistic variable, and I'm not sure whether I expressed my ideas in a proper and understanable way. These are the sentences:

1. The purpose of this study is to examine the case of Hungarian verbs ending –t in the vernacular language of university students.
2. In Hungarian non-standard the imperative forms of verbs ending –t are frequently used in declarative clauses.
3. According to the data from a twenty-four-year old sociolinguistic study, the MNSZV, I am arguing the change in presence of this variable.
4. he methodology of my research is based on the MNSZV, and results are compared to those of this pervious research.
5. Results show that the occurrence of the above linguistic phenomenon in the investigated group has not changed.

Thank you in advance,
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1. The purpose of this study is to examine the case of Hungarian verbs ending –t in the vernacular language of university students.

"1. The purpose of this study is to examine the case of Hungarian verbs ending in "–t" in the vernacular language of university students." Two things: "case" has a special meaning in English grammar—do you mean that or not? Also, if you are following British style, the double quotes around "-t" should be single quotes ('-t').

2. In Hungarian non-standard the imperative forms of verbs ending –t are frequently used in declarative clauses.

"2. In non-standard Hungarian, the imperative forms of verbs ending in "–t" are frequently used in declarative clauses." I think that's what you mean.

3. According to the data from a twenty-four-year old sociolinguistic study, the MNSZV, I am arguing the change in presence of this variable.

I'm not sure what you mean. Perhaps, "Using the data from a twenty-four-year-old sociolinguistic study, the MNSZV, as a baseline, I am arguing that there has been no change in the frequency of this variable." Note the added hyphen. I used "frequency", but I'm not happy with it. I hope you have a term you use.

4. he methodology of my research is based on the MNSZV, and results are compared to those of this pervious research.

4. The methodology of my research is based on the MNSZV, and results are compared to those of this previous research.

5. Results show that the occurrence of the above linguistic phenomenon in the investigated group has not changed.

OK, but avoid "above" and "below" used like that, as a general rule.

You're welcome in retrospect.

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