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However + Adj / Adv + S + P…, e.g. ‘However often we may observe pieces of gold to dissolve, we must still allow it to be possible that … ’

Adj + as + S + P…, e.g. ‘Impressive as these objections appear, when all collected together, they would nevertheless seem to be answered by the formulation of Mach’s principle.’

the emphatic construction It is… that…, e.g. ‘It is this vibration that reemits the light by which we see the objects around us. ’

points of contrast or similarity are rhetorically balanced by such syntactic devices as the more … the less, the bigger … the smaller, the more … the more, e.g. ‘The more daring any particular judgement happens to be, the less it is likely to constitute reliable evidence of international law’.

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  One of the most important syntactic features of scientific English is the logical sequence of utterances which finds its expression in the way a scientific text itself is structured. Any scientific text is visually manageable due to its orderly division into paragraphs ranging in length rather widely. Paragraphs fit together well due to a developed system of sentence-connecting items, so that they form a united logico-semantic whole. Most paragraphs begin with a general thematic point, and later sentences elaborate. The theme of the next paragraph then derives from the previous one’s elaboration. Many sentences have a cross-reference back to a previous sentence or clause. This makes it clear that a given subject is still being discussed, which reduces the scope of vagueness.
  

1.5. Paralinguistic peculiarities of a scientific text. The informativity of a scientific text is created not only by purely verbal means, but also by paralinguistic ones. Here belong certain semiotic devices used as bearers of additional scientific information in such branches of knowledge as mathematics, physics and chemistry. For example, in physics and mathematics the following symbols are used on a par with verbal means of conveying information: figures, letter designations: e.g. ‘∫’ – integral, ‘d’ – differential, ‘υ’ – velocity, ‘c’ – the speed of light; signs of the four arithmetic operations: + , – , : , × ; in chemistry: symbols of the periodic system of elements and others.