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Contemporary Issues in Accounting Theory

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Contemporary Issues in Accounting Theory

Academic Writing – Phrases for agreeing, disagreeing and discussing differences

Capturing authorial action:

  • X acknowledges that…….
  • X agrees that ………….
  • X argues that ………….
  • X denies/ does not deny that ……………………..
  • X claims that …………….
  • Can also use: concedes; complains; demonstrates; emphasises; insists; observes; questions; refutes the claim that….; reminds us that…; reports that….; suggests that…

Introducing quotations

  • X states, “…………….” (author date + page number)
  • According to X, “……………”
  • In his/her book/article, X maintains that “…..”
  • X agrees when s/he writes, “……………….”
  • X disagrees when s/he writes, “…………….”

Introducing an ongoing debate:

  • In discussions of X, one controversial issue has been ……….
  • On the one hand, ……………….. argues/claims that ……………..
  • On the other hand, ………………… contends ……………………
  • Other reports even maintain that …………….
  • When it comes to the topic of …………….., most (accountants) would agree that……………….
  • Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of …………….
  • Whereas some are convinced that……………, this is contradicted by the claim that……………..

Agreeing-with a difference

  • X may be correct about ………… because recent studies have shown that ………….
  • X’s theory of …………… is useful because it sheds insight on the problem of …………….
  • While X and Y agree on the issue of …………., the theory states that …………

Agreeing and disagreeing at the same time

  • Although X seems reasonable up to a point, the overall conclusion that ……………..
  • Although much of what X writes can be debated, his/her overall conclusion that………….
  • Whereas X provides ample evidence that ……………., Y and Z’s research on …………….. is more convincing because…………….
  • X’s argument about ……………. and Y’s research on …………… are equally persuasive because….

Disagreeing, with reasons

  • X may be mistaken because s/he overlooks………….
  • X’s claim that …………….rests upon the questionable assumption that……………
  • Recent research studies have shown that X’s claim is incorrect because…………..
  • By focusing on ……………………., X overlooks the deeper problem of ………………
 
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