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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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effect or influence or...?
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00 This is a part of my motivation letter for an internship: 02 br
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01 i 00 (…) In the past, I studied effects of growth and training on lipids and trace elements metabolism in horses. Lately, I completed a research investigating the influence of training on the energy metabolism of equine erythrocyte and its antioxidant system. (…) 02 i 02 br
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00 I didn’t want to repeat the word ‘effect’ in my second sentence so I was trying to find other one which has the same or nearly the same meaning. Thus, I use the word ‘influence’. However somebody told me that: 00 00 “It seems that your use of influence in a research context is inappropriate as the word influence signals a bit of bias towards a positive out come of your research.” I would like to know your opinion. Is it really wrong to use the expression ‘influence’? Maybe there is other one more appropriate or it is better to repeat the ‘effect’ then use the ‘influence’? Please, could you give me any ideas/advices? 02 br
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00 Thank you very much in advance for any help. 02 br
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00 This is a part of my motivation letter for an internship: 02 br
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01 i 00 (…) In the past, I studied effects of growth and training on lipids and trace elements metabolism in horses. Lately, I completed a research investigating the influence of training on the energy metabolism of equine erythrocyte and its antioxidant system. (…) 02 i 02 br
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00 I didn’t want to repeat the word ‘effect’ in my second sentence so I was trying to find other one which has the same or nearly the same meaning. Thus, I use the word ‘influence’. However somebody told me that: 00 00 “It seems that your use of influence in a research context is inappropriate as the word influence signals a bit of bias towards a positive out come of your research.” I would like to know your opinion. Is it really wrong to use the expression ‘influence’? Maybe there is other one more appropriate or it is better to repeat the ‘effect’ then use the ‘influence’? Please, could you give me any ideas/advices? 02 br
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00 Thank you very much in advance for any help. 02 br
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0 I am sorry; probably I should have posted this on other forums like ‘General English Grammar Questions’ 01 b 00 02 b 00 or ‘Vocabulary and Idioms’. Is it possible to move it over there somehow, please? Or, can I expect that I will get any answer here?
- 0 I am sorry; probably I should have posted this on other forums like ‘General English Grammar Questions’ 01 b 00 02 b 00 or ‘Vocabulary and Idioms’.
- Is it possible to move it over there somehow, please?
- Or, can I expect that I will get any answer here?
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0 I am sorry; probably I should have posted this on other forums like ‘General English Grammar Questions’ 01 b 00 02 b 00 or ‘Vocabulary and Idioms’. Is it possible to move it over there somehow, please? Or, can I expect that I will get any answer here? Please, it is really important to me. 02 br
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00 Moved for you. moderator. 02 br
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00 Moved for you. moderator. 02 br
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0 01 i 00 (…) In the past, I studied effects of growth and training on lipids and trace elements metabolism in horses. Lately, I completed a research investigating the influence of training on the energy metabolism of 01 font 00 the 02 font 00 equine erythrocyte and its antioxidant system. (…) 02 br
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00 Thank you very much Feebs11, your advices are really useful. What you think about this sentence? 00 02 br
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01 i 00 Lately, I completed research investigating the impact of training on the energetics and antioxidant defense system of equine erythro
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0 Hi Maria, I am unhappy about omitting "the" in front of "erythrocyte", unless you make it plural, "erythrocytes". 02 br
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01 i 00 Lately, I completed research investigating the impact of training on the energetics and antioxidant defense system of 01 b 01 font 00 the 02 font 02 b 00 equine erythrocyte 02 br
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0 Thanks for corrections. Yes, I have quite big problem still with 'the'. I am spending hours on thinking about where to put the 'the'. But sometime in the sentence I have so many 'the' that I don't really like the sentence and thus, the 'the'! Could you give me some advices about this or any links to web pages where I can read about when/how to use the definite article? 0-
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