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3.Text comments
COMMENTING; SUMMARIZING; REVIEWING; ABSTRACTING; IMPROVING
STYLE; TITLES; FURTHER READING
3.1 Self-comment

3.1.1 Self-reference

•  Here … I/ we attempt to show that P.
... I would like to offer (a different perspective) on P.
Now ... I shall argue that Р/ I shall return to the matter of P.
 At present ... I am going/ intended/ want to discuss/ review/ sketch P.
 At this point ... it will be useful to introduce some terminology.
 Further … I take an investigation into the details of P.
 For the present ... we must develop further the proposal that P.
 For our present purposes ... I shall simply use P for Q.
 Below/ In what follows ... I shall establish the difference between P and Q.
 I have referred to P ... briefly above/ have already given instances of P.
 In this section … I want to turn to examples of Q.
 As I have already done P, ... now I want to discuss Q.
 Thus far, ... I have been attempting to present P; we now turn to Q.

 I have not so far ... discussed P.
 Another matter ... that I have not touched on so far in dealing with P is Q.
 The properties of P ... that I have just introduced will be further discussed in this
paper within the context of Q.
 Such rules are divided up ... into P and Q; the latter I shall present in the analysis
below/ in the next section.
 A question I would like to address at this point … is whether P.
 Because I am concentrating on P … I shall only give Q.
•  I ... use this term as a cover term for various phenomena that involve P.
... portray this state of affairs using the illustration of Р/have no explanation for P
... would like to propose Р/ would not like to sound categorical.
... do not object to this approach/ do not intend to convey that P.
... believe that there are problems with this view.
... find this account inappropriate/ am not in a position to speak about P.
 On the whole/ In detail, ... I maintain/ hope/ suggest/ conclude that P.

3.1.2 Indirect reference/comments

•  This article analyzes P, ... accounting for its properties
 The analysis rests on ... the observation that there are similarities between P and
Q
 Here it is argued ... that there are similarities also between P and Q.
 Here a view of P is assumed ... that is based on the work of F.
 Here it will suffice ... to characterize P. Here it is proposed that P.
 In order to examine P ... it is essential to have a clear view of Q.
 Of particular interest is ... the fact that P. The question arises as to the nature of
R
 There may (well) be ... some significant relationship between P and Q.