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Direct linkBurrough-Boenisch, Joy – English for Specific Purposes, 2005
When 45 biologists from eight countries were asked to critically read and amend the English in Discussion sections of three Dutch-authored draft research papers, many of their alterations impacted on the hedging. This article discusses these alterations. In particular, it focuses on the hotspots in the texts, i.e., the points on which several…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Change, Literary Devices, English for Science and Technology
