English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
ACADEMIC ENGLISH
Searle’s speech act theory and Halliday’s transitivity system served as the theoretical ~frameworks~ (nonstandard).
Searle’s speech act theory and Halliday’s transitivity system served as the theoretical *framework* (standard).
The theory or theories used for a study make the theoretical framework.
An abstract should be followed by four or five ~key words~ (nonstandard).
An abstract should be followed by four or five *keywords* (standard).
Note that “keyword” is a single compound word without spacing.
GAB
