Summarising
Remember, a summary is particularly important in a long document. Repeat the points you want people to remember.
- In a word …
- In short …
- On balance …
- To sum up …
Alternatives
Often you will need to provide different options and describe each of them. You can use:
- Not only … but also …
- For one thing … For another …
- Either … or …
- Neither … nor … (negative alternative)
Generalising
Sometimes we need to generalise or make broad statements about information, pulling together, for example, principles from a range of cases. To do this you can use:
- Generally speaking …
- By and large …
- All told …
- All things considered …
Approximating
It’s not always possible to use accurate figures. Sometimes you want to give a ‘ballpark’ figure or estimation.
- Roughly speaking
- About
- Around
