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"This work presents a comparative study between flies and mosquitoes" / "In this work we present a comparative study between flies and mosquitoes".

Are these sentences correct? Is one of them more correct than the other? Or should I use another verb? I don't know whether "to present" is the most suitable verb here. Thanks!

Philip · Accepted Answer

Colombo"This work presents a comparative study between flies and mosquitoes" / "In this work we present a comparative study between flies and mosquitoes".

Are these sentences correct? Is one of them more correct than the other? Or should I use another verb? I don't know whether "to present" is the most suitable verb here. Thanks!

I see nothing wrong with "present". If it were a new idea you were presenting, you might use "propose", but not here, I think.

Ipodmini · Answer

I think both are ok.

They're other similiar words, such as 'read'

you can say 'somone is reading', and you can also say "a notice reads:The meeting will be held at 8:00 o'clock"

Colombo · Answer

Well, I used a sentence similar to the first one in a paper I'm writing, and someone who can speak English much better than I (but who's not a native speaker) told me rather sharply that to present was incorrect in that context and that I should use to show instead (he didn't explain me why, it was a note in the margin of the page). Someone else who can speak English even better told me that the meaning of the sentence was perfectly clear, although she considered that perhaps the second option would be preferable. So she didn't discard to present, but she didn't tell me whether it has some kind of nuances that would make it "slightly incorrect" (and I had no option to make further enquiries). So I was just wondering...

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