Academic Writing

2 Practice A
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Study these further examples of preposition use and decide on their type.
(a) There are a number of limitations to be considered . . .
( _______________ )
(b) The results would be applicable to all children . . .
( _______________ )
(c) . . . the data was gathered from a questionnaire
( _______________ )
(d) All the items were placed within their categories
( _______________ )
(e) The results of the investigation are still pertinent . . .
( _______________ )
(f) The respondents had spent on average 4.9 years . . .
( _______________ )
(g) . . . most countries in sub-Saharan Africa . . .
( _______________ )
(h) . . . within a short spell of four years . . .
( _______________ )
3 Prepositions and nouns
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Insert a suitable preposition before or after the nouns in the sentences below.
(a) Evidence is presented in support _______________ the value of women’s work.
(b) A small change _______________ wind direction can lead to large temperature
changes.
(c) Many examples _______________ tax evasion were found.
(d) The answer _______________ the problem was 0.585.
(e) Globalisation, _______________ a political sense, involves a loss of national
authority.
(f) The second point is their impact _______________ developing countries.
3.8: Prepositions
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4 Prepositions in phrases
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Complete the following phrases with the correct preposition.
(a) _______________ the whole
(b) point _______________ view
(c) in respect _______________
(d) _______________ spite of
(e) in support _______________
(f) _______________ the other hand
(g) _______________ order to
(h) standard _______________ living