[Grammar] Collocations for the word theory

[souheyla]

Which is appropriate, please?

Comply with, abide to, adhere to THEORY

 

[Rover_KE]

You can also endorse, advocate, propose, accept, reject, disagree with, repudiate, rebuff, disprove, contest, and subscribe to a theory.

 

[souheyla]

Thank you all

 

[teechar]

Thank you all.

Hello Souheyla, and welcome to the forum.
Do you have a particular sentence in mind? If so, show us that sentence.
Also note that there's no need to write a thank you post. You can just click Thank/Like instead.

 

[Tdol]

You can use sites like these to check for collocations:

http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/

 

[souheyla]

I opted subscribe as was suggested by Rover KE, the sentence was follows:

This was done on account of the fact that this study subscribes to the X theory.

I know for the clicks but I felt it could be disrespectful if I just click without replying, especially that I am new and do not how it goes. But great I won't have to do it next time hehe

 

[teechar]

I opted for subscribe as was suggested by Rover KE. The sentence was as follows:

This was done on account of the fact that this study subscribes to the X theory.

I know [STRIKE]for[/STRIKE] about the [STRIKE]clicks[/STRIKE] Thank/Like buttons, but I felt it could be disrespectful if I just clicked without replying, especially given that I am new and do not know what to do. [STRIKE]how it goes.[/STRIKE] But great. I won't have to do it next time.

.

 

[jutfrank]

This was done on account of the fact that this study subscribes to the X theory.

I'm not convinced that the above is strictly right. It is usually a person who subscribes, not a study. I don't intend to be pedantic here but if this is academic writing, lexical accuracy is important.

The verb suggestions given in this thread have different meanings—they are not all used in the same way. It also depends on how you are using the word theory.

adhere and comply do not have the same uses.

 

[souheyla]

Ok, what alternatives do you suggest for the intended use, please? It's a writing up for a research article.

 

[jutfrank]

Ok, what alternatives do you suggest for the intended use, please?

Could you say a little more about what you mean?

 

[Tdol]

Does it follow the theory or support it?