In the BAWE corpus these verbs are used as ‘reporting verbs’ followed by ‘that’, as in the following
examples:
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Both Garland and Ashworth argue that at a policy level, suspects' rights are no longer a key
concern.
The Bush Administration claims that the EU's delay in granting new GM crop approvals has
resulted in lost markets for American farmers.
Wrangham (1997) contends that in certain conditions females do exhibit displays of
dominance.
In the 1940s Harold Bender observed that there were two strands of Anabaptism present in
the early sixteenth-century across Germany, Switzerland, Holland and Austria.
A study by Gough and Wren (1999) suggested that only 40% of function words and 10% of
content words could be correctly anticipated.
accept
acknowledge
add
advise
affirm
agree
analyze*
argue
assert
assume
believe
calculate
claim
comment
concede
conclude
confirm
consider
contend
demonstrate
deny
*or alternative spelling with ‘s’
denote
describe
discover
elaborate
emphasize*
establish
estimate
explain
feel
find
hypothesize*
imply
indicate
infer
insinuate
insists
maintain
mention
note
notice
observe
point (out)
postulate
predict
profess
propose
realize*
reason
recognize*
recommend
remark
report
reveal
say
show
specify
state
stress
suggest
think
warn
write
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