1) Here’s a nifty construction that, for whatever reason, is underused:
“She was among the first to research…”
Students almost always opt for:
“She was among the first WHO RESEARCHED…”
2) Watch out for this type of methodological circularity:
“By comparing the two novels, I will establish what the differences are.”
“By comparing implies a process,” but how else can one find “differences”?
Less grandiose-sounding but more understandable:
“I compared the two novels and found many differences.”
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