Compose sentences indicating the time a theory (a hypothesis) was advanced. Use the parts in A, В, С

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Remember the words which are most frequently used with THEORY and HYPOTHESIS.

Basic; alternative; tentative, working; correct, true, valid, plausible, probable, reliable, satisfactory, good, helpful, stimulating, promising; interesting, attractive, fascinating; peculiar; incorrect, untrue, invalid, improbable, unreliable.

3.4. Use the parts in A,B,С to compose sentences evaluating a theory (a hypothesis). Introduce the sentences by: As I have said; As we could see; As has been shown; As might be expected; I realize that...; I have the impression that...; Thus, we can see that...

A

This theory

This working hypothesis

The above hypothesis

The latter hypothesis

This rival theory

The newly-developed theory

The author has put forward an alternative hypothesis which

They elaborated a new theory which

What you have outlined here

B

is (seems); seems (appears) to be; is not; does not seem; does not seem to be; has; can (cannot) be regarded (accepted) as; must (should) be regarded (accepted) as; must not (should not) be regarded (accepted) as.

C

very attractive; quite likely; fairly convincing, quite reliable; quite explicit and clearcut; a very stimulating hypothesis; a very comprehensive theory; advantageous in some (many) inspects; a working hypothesis without which we can not get along; fairly convincing a tentative hypothesis; some attractive features; fully competent; obviously correct.

a) His theory proceeds from the notion that the apparent magnitude of the effect is relatively large.

b) The new hypothesis uses the concept that the probability for collapse is roughly the same for each component of thesystem.

c) This very fruitful working hypothesis postulates that such modifications may persist for much longer periods.

d) They have developed a theory which proves to be true for equi­librium conditions.

e) The validity of the theory has become obvious in the light of recent findings.

A

The theory of relativity

The theory of atomic structure

The kinetic theory

The theory of physical adsorption of gases on solid surfaces

There is an alternative theory (hypothesis) which

В

was advanced (put forward, suggested, proposed); was created (constructed, developed, elaborated); was formulated; has been advanced (put forward, suggested, proposed); has been created (constructed, developed, elaborated).

С

many years ago; several decades ago; quite a long (snort) time ago; as long ago as the 1880’s (I890’s, 1920’e, etc.); as far back asthe 1920’s (I870’s,etc.) as early as 40 or 50 years ago; is the early 30’s (20’s); in the late I920’s (1880’s, etc); in recent years; in the last few years; only recently; fairly recently.

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