Oct 16, 2008 12:10
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to treat an issue
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This was written by a non-native (Spanish) speaker. It sounds wrong to me, sounds like it should be "handled". My question is: in scientific papers (for publication) is the word "treated" used like this regularly?
The other possibility is that this is the fault of the author who is tranlsating the Spanish word "tratar" badly.
"During the late 80s and early 90s, there was a great interest of many researchers from various scientific areas, including psychology, geography and demography, about the analysis of the determinants of housing satisfaction and the determinants of residential mobility. Nonetheless, both issues have beenv ** treated ** separately. "
The other possibility is that this is the fault of the author who is tranlsating the Spanish word "tratar" badly.
"During the late 80s and early 90s, there was a great interest of many researchers from various scientific areas, including psychology, geography and demography, about the analysis of the determinants of housing satisfaction and the determinants of residential mobility. Nonetheless, both issues have beenv ** treated ** separately. "
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to address an issue
I agree treat sounds wrong here and would suggest address
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Jack Doughty
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Demi Ebrite
: One more potential word replacement option: 'assessed'
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Phong Le
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Olga B
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Helen. This works nicely."
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Will Matter
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treated
I see nothing wrong with this usage. Either "treated" or "handled" could be used in this case, IMHO. Sounds OK to me. HTH.
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d_vachliot (X)
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Efharisto. ;0)
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Jason Kang
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Els Spin
: If the issues have been treated as separate issues. Otherwise, treat sounds wrong to me.
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Jack Doughty
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to deal with an issue
or to handle an issue; Helen's suggestion of "address" is also a good one.
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humbird
: Nonetheless, both issues have been ** dealt with ** separately.
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Thank you. Yes.
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Ramesh Bhatt
: To deal with or respond to a problem/issue/concern. "Treat", "deal with" and "respond to" suggest both passive or active responses as well as responselessness. "Address" suggests only the active response.
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Thank you. Yes.
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depends on the further context
In the quoted context, 'treat' could be OK if the text is part of an introductory description of work subsequently presented in more detail. For instance, you can say that 'xxx treated this topic in some detail' or 'xxx treats this topic only superficially''.
However, it may be that a different verb should be used; more context would be desirable.
By the way, many of the conjunctions in the quoted context are wrong.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-16 13:14:43 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant 'prepositions' instead of 'conjunctions'.
However, it may be that a different verb should be used; more context would be desirable.
By the way, many of the conjunctions in the quoted context are wrong.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-16 13:14:43 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant 'prepositions' instead of 'conjunctions'.
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d_vachliot (X)
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addressed, dealt, assessed, viewed,
I agree it depends on the context. Yes there are many words that could suffice if one knew what was actually meant, for example:
addressed, referring to how the issues were dealt with.
assessed, referring to how the issues were viewed, or looked at, and then how they would be dealt with.
The use of the word 'nonetheless' at the beginning of that sentence implies that the author feels that the issues are interrelated. The use of the word 'treated' here is not really in terms of meaning a BIG issue, I feel it is that the author is trying to convince the reader towards a point of view, that not all those involved in the study agreed on.
addressed, referring to how the issues were dealt with.
assessed, referring to how the issues were viewed, or looked at, and then how they would be dealt with.
The use of the word 'nonetheless' at the beginning of that sentence implies that the author feels that the issues are interrelated. The use of the word 'treated' here is not really in terms of meaning a BIG issue, I feel it is that the author is trying to convince the reader towards a point of view, that not all those involved in the study agreed on.
Discussion
"Concerns about the behavioural consequences of housing satisfaction, i.e. the link between housing satisfaction and residential mobility are scarce and more recent. One of the main drawbacks of the few studies dealing with the link between residential satisfaction and mobility is that they analyze the relationship between residential satisfaction and mobility intentions, but not with observed mobility.
This paper contributes to the literature mentioned above by empirically investigating the importance of housing satisfaction as a determinant of observed residential mobility. To do so ..."