Conclusion
Dr. Pourdamghan   
Wednesday, 04 February 2009

Dear everybody

Hullo

How are you doing? Today I have faced a lot of clashes in my schedule(همزمانی در برنامه ها). Whenever I have myriad things to manage, I prefer to be carefree; otherwise I can’t exclude redundant affairs and get engaged with those of paramount importance. To cut the long story short, let’s proceed with writing.

We all conduct our researches or write articles in order to come to conclusion. I am sure you are all pro authors but I’ll just help you with some phrases that you can apply in your conclusion section.

Summarising what you have done

In conclusion, we can say that …

In this paper, we have seen that …

This research paper has clearly shown that …

The discussion in this article has given an overview of …

This paper has provided a systematic study of …

From the research that has been carried out, we can conclude that …

The aim of the present paper was to examine whether … and this has now been achieved.

Finally, it is worth pointing out that …

Indicating the limitations of your own work

This article has only been able to touch on the most general features of …

Even a preliminary study, such as the one reported here, has highlighted the need for …

Looking to the future and further research

Clearly, further studies are needed to understand / prove …

In order to validate the work we have carried out, a more in-depth investigation into … is needed.

The results of this research could assist policy makers to …

 And finally: Points to check in your own writing

·         Can the reader understand the gist of your paper by reading only the introduction and the conclusion? If not, re-write them.

·         Have you merely re-stated what you said in the introduction? If so, think how you might present it somewhat differently in the light of the supporting evidence in the main body.

·         Do you conclude with an emphatic finish? Do you leave the reader with a strong impression?