noun
1 piece of writing
ADJECTIVE
▪ brilliant , excellent , fascinating , good , great , informative , insightful , interesting , must-read ( informal , esp. AmE ), thoughtful , thought-provoking
▪ well-researched , well-written
▪ influential , major , seminal
▪ controversial , critical , provocative
▪ in-depth
▪ lengthy
▪ brief , short
▪ timely ( esp. AmE )
▪ news
▪ feature , front-page , lead , leading , op-ed ( AmE ), review
▪
A leading ~ in ‘The Times’ accused the minister of lying.
▪ occasional (= not part of a series)
▪
It was her job to commission occasional ~s.
▪ follow-up , related
▪ accompanying
▪ how-to ( esp. AmE )
▪
The magazine includes a how-to ~ on building a greenhouse.
▪ published
▪ academic , scholarly , scientific
▪ peer-reviewed
▪ journal , magazine , newspaper , press
▪ online
… OF ARTICLES
▪ series
VERB + ARTICLE
▪ author ( formal ), co-author , do , pen , write
▪
I'm doing an ~ about ways of preventing pollution.
▪ research
▪ commission
▪ adapt
▪ edit
▪ excerpt ( AmE )
▪
an ~ excerpted from ‘CAD Principles’
▪ contribute , email , submit
▪ post
▪ read , see
▪
Did you see the ~ on China in today's paper?
▪ cite , quote , reference
▪ review
▪ carry , feature , print , publish , reprint , run
▪
The magazine refused to print his ~.
▪ clip ( AmE ), clip out ( esp. AmE ), cut out
▪
He always clips and saves ~s about people he knows.
ARTICLE + VERB
▪ appear
▪
The ~ appears in this week's edition of ‘Time’.
▪ contain sth , feature sth
▪
The ~ contains a good deal of information about the software.
▪ describe sth , detail sth , explain sth , mention sth , outline sth , point sth out , present sth , report sth , reveal sth , say sth , state sth , talk about sth
▪ demonstrate sth , illustrate sth , indicate sth , show sth
▪ address sth , analyse/analyze sth , deal with sth , discuss sth , examine sth , explore sth , focus on sth , look at sth
▪
The ~ looks at two questions.
▪ emphasize sth , highlight sth
▪ review sth
▪ allege sth , argue sth , assert sth , claim sth , imply sth , suggest sth
▪ propose sth
▪ attack sb/sth , criticize sb/sth
▪ cite sb/sth , quote sb/sth
▪ conclude sth
PREPOSITION
▪ in an/the ~
▪
She admitted she was wrong in an ~ in the newspaper.
▪ ~ about , ~ on
▪
an ~ on the dangers of sunbathing
▪ ~ by
▪
an ~ about wine by Alison Waters
PHRASES
▪ an ~ called sth , an ~ entitled sth , an ~ headed sth , an ~ headlined sth , an ~ titled sth ( esp. AmE )
▪
an ~ entitled ‘Think Yourself Thin’
2 part of law
ADJECTIVE
▪ key
▪
the key ~s of the constitution
VERB + ARTICLE
▪ be in breach of ( esp. BrE ), breach ( esp. BrE ), contravene ( esp. BrE ), infringe ( BrE ), violate
▪
The actions of the organization violate Article 12 of the treaty.
ARTICLE + VERB
▪ provide sth ( formal ), specify sth , state sth
▪
Article 10 provides that all businesses must be registered correctly.
PREPOSITION
▪ under an/the ~
▪
The judge ordered the child's return home under Article 12 of the Convention.
PHRASES
▪ the terms of an ~
▪
The terms of Article 3 will be changed by the new government.
3 thing
ADJECTIVE
▪ finished
▪
The finished ~ takes two months to manufacture.
▪ the genuine
▪
Fake designer watches are sold at a fraction of the price of the genuine ~.
▪ offending
▪ household , toilet
VERB + ARTICLE
▪ make , manufacture , produce
PHRASES
▪ an ~ of clothing
4 grammar
ADJECTIVE
▪ definite , indefinite
VERB + ARTICLE
▪ take
▪
Names of countries in English do not usually take an ~.