English for academic purposes answers to exercises – Features of academic writing

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11.2 
– Improving cohesion
Exercise 1 
a)
 
The company was losing money, 
so
 they decided to sell some of their assets. 
b)
 
Researchers claimed they gathered enough data,
 but
 the sample size was too small. 
c)
 
Their product was not innovative,
 and
 it was also not priced competitively. 
d)
 
Perhaps the event failed because of the weather,
 or
 perhaps it was the inaccessible location. 
Exercise 2 (example answers) 
e)
 
Although
 technology offers many benefits, it can also cause some difficulties. 
f)
 
Some employees require careful guidance, 
while
 others are far more independent. 
g)
 
Because
 the student finished her work early, she had time for her tutor to provide feedback. 
h)
 
Samsung has steadily increased its share in the smartphone market, 
whereas 
Nokia
’s share has 
rapidly decreased. 
i)
 
Even though
 inflation is rising, the national average wage has not increased. 
 
11.3 Proofreading 
Exercise 1 
Proofreading your work is quite essential, as even professional writers make mistake
s
in
 they
earlier drafts. 
Many writers believe their word processing software will identify all the errors as they
 
writing
, and that 
proofreading in an unnecessary process. However, even the best spelling and grammar checking software 
can overlook obvious