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Pooyan Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Shift + Direction

I was wondering if using shift + direction is redundant in meaning in the sentence below:

"My research background has been mainly on XXX, but I'm very interested in shifting my research direction more towards YYY"

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I think you can remove a little more. "My research background has been mainly on ***, but I'm very interested in shifting my research direction more towards YYY" I think you can consider this: Most of my research work has been on ***, but I'm very much interested in pursuing research in 'YYY'.

— Vsuresh

  • I think you can remove a little more.
  • "My research background has been mainly on ***, but I'm very interested in shifting my research direction more towards YYY" I think you can consider this: Most of my research work has been on ***, but I'm very much interested in pursuing research in 'YYY'.
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I think you can remove a little more.

"My research background has been mainly on ***, but I'm very interested in shifting my research direction more towards YYY"

I think you can consider this:
Most of my research work has been on ***, but I'm very much interested in pursuing research in 'YYY'.
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Thanks a lot. Is my sentence grammatically correct?
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"My research background has been mainly on ***, but I'm very interested in shifting my research direction more towards YYY"

I think there are no glaring grammatical errors but the expressions "research background has been on" shifting my research direction sound very unnatural to me.
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