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Other ways of saying 'explains'?
When I'm writing an essay I'm sick of saying 'explains', 'states' and 'describes' after researchers names. For example, 'Driver (1983) explains how...' Can you think of any other interesting words with a similar meanings? Or any advice on this type of writing in general?
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- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
According to...Driver (1983)
Driver (1983) illustrates the ...
When compared to Driver(1983) and his theory of xyz, Smith (1987) describes a more benevolent approach whereby the ....
- DawnLv 59 years ago
There's a thesaurus entry at the link. Some of them may work in context. We tend to use those terms all the time, so I know what you feel about the repetition.
"points out"
