Pl. help edit it

:-) I would appreciate if you can help correct the rest of the citation and improve its the quality. Thank your so much for your help! :-)


By employing multiple field interface techniques, Prof. X has surmounted a series of problems of grave importance with originality, and launched a succession of milestones in the course of his academic march.

Could you just take a brief look at it?

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Originally Posted by ricardosong

Prof. X’s research fields cover a wide range; and more significantly, contributions have been made in every study field.

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Try:

Prof. X's research covers a great deal of territory; and more significantly, he has made contributions in every field of study.

(That last part seems pretty implausible, to say the least.)


:-)

RonBee,

Thank you for your comments.

As to the implausibility, I agree that it's some what exaggerated. :oops:


Thanks again.

Ricardo

an internationally leading theory- an internationally accepted theory?? leading doesn't work here

a series of problems of grave importance- great importance (grave is negative to me)
which is just one of the many conjecture proofs worked out by Prof. X. - I wouldn't use his name again here

Thank you Tdol.

As to the word "grave", I do see your sense about it, but in Merriam-Webster, it goes like this:

Main Entry: 4grave
Pronunciation: 'grAv, in sense 5 often 'gräv
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): grav·er; grav·est
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin gravis heavy, grave -- more at GRIEVE
1 a obsolete : AUTHORITATIVE, WEIGHTY b : meriting serious consideration : IMPORTANT c : likely to produce great harm or danger d : significantly serious : CONSIDERABLE, GREAT 2 : having a serious and dignified quality or demeanor
3 : drab in color : SOMBER
4 : low-pitched in sound
5 a of an accent mark : having the form ` b : marked with a grave accent c : of the variety indicated by a grave accent

But, on the other hand, as a native speaker, you are always right. I know a dicionary doesn't tell everything.

Thank you so much for your help.

If you look at all of those, they are serious and carry a negative tone- grave news would be a death or suchlike- serious, but grim. ;-)
Here's a list of some of the most common words associated with 'grave' (searched at http://view.byu.edu/ ) and you will see what I mean.

3 concern
46 danger
35 doubts
32 goods
31 foot
29 face
27 cradle
20 risk
13 situation
13 risk
12 consequences
12 problems
11 pauper
10 father
10 matter
9 error
9 expression
9 mistake
9 side
9 threat
9 reservations
8 giant
8 offence
8 misgivings
7 case
7 family
7 head
7 voice
7 war
7 difficulties
6 bottom
6 difficulty
6 discovery
6 injustice
6 breaches
6 charges


BTW, do use this site- it's fantastic for getting more information about a word- you can search a huge database (The British National corpus). Here I asked it for the nouns coming immediately after 'grave'. Do try it- it can help where dictionaries may fall down. ;-)

Yes, Tdol, I found it really fantastic. I need to spend some time on it.

You helped me a lot!!! I feel grateful indeed.

Thanks. :up: :up: :up:

It's a vewry good site- play with the anchors lower down on the left- very useful. It's searching the British National Corpus, which is a massive database of written and spoken language. ;-)

Yes, that's true.

I've learned how to work with it, i.e, at least, I figured out what you had done to get the results with the word "grave'.

Thanks a lot