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The Verb Is the Argument: A Working Guide to Analysis Verbs

A practical guide to analysis verbs: how to match the verb to the evidence, the confidence ladder from notes to establishes, the difference between imply and infer, thirty-six verbs in six families, reporting verbs, and the overclaiming habits that make examiners distrust a sentence.

18 Nov 202620 min read
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