Better Words?

[ilovemarkb]

Can anyone suggest a posher ? cleverer way of saying "SUMS IT UP"

The next phrase sums it up

“Nursing care comes in many forms. Sometimes it is the ability to make someone feel physically comfortable by various means. Other times it is the ability to improve the body's ability to achieve or maintain health. But often it is an uncanny yet well honed knack to see beyond the obvious and address, in some way, the deeper needs of the human soul “
Cardillo W, D. (2010)

[sandyRoe]

The following neatly encapsulates it.

[sandyRoe]

But there would be nothing wrong with: The following paragraph sums it up.

[ilovemarkb]

nice one Sandy !!! thanks

[bibblebub]

This is expressed succinctly by...

[WilliamJohn6]

In Summary?

[The Builder]

Take care with "poshing" things up. It's too easy to sound stuffy. Plain English is quite an art............... and, as Sandy says, it's a paragraph, not a phrase.
:o)

[jno]

hang on... what follows isn't a phrase (which is usually just a word or two), it's a quotation; you could also call it a statement, a declaration, an observation...

Also, what does it sum up? If you say A sums up B, then A needs to be shorter than B (otherwise it isn't a summary). Is that quote shorter than whatever you're summing up?

If so then I think sums up or encapsulates would both be fine, as sandyRoe says. But I think I'd say "The folloiwng observation sums it up"

[ilovemarkb]

oh thanks guys....I am spoilt for choice now xxx

[abstibus]

Ilmb
Just a couple of points: if you are using Harvard refencing, you do not put the author's initials in the text, and you need to add the page number - very important.
Imo, leaving it out is a little like telling someone coming to visit you that you live in x street but don't tell them the house number.
Good luck.

[abstibus]

typo - referencing

[DaisyNonna]

encapsulates

[ilovemarkb]

ann mollie thanks for that ! bit cheeky of me to ask but are you able to proof read my essay?

[abstibus]

Ilmb
I would like to, as I have spent gadzillions of years doing just this. If someone could let me know how to create a throwaway mailbox, I would certainly give it a go. If you can find this out, we can take off...
When is your submission date?
What is the title?

[ilovemarkb]

the only way i can think of is if I give you my email on here then if you email me i can reply to you and attach my essay does this sound ok

[jno]

annemollie, just go to hotmail, set up an account in any old name ([email protected]... anything) then tell ilmb what it is. When you're finished, just don't go back to it - I think it closes down automatically after a month of inactivity

[boxtops]

good hint, jno - I could with one of them now and again

[abstibus]

Thanks jno. Will try from the laptop shortly.

[abstibus]

Jno
Silly question- if I don't go back to it, how will I get mails?
Thanks

[abstibus]

That was stupid of me. You mean don't go back to it after I have finished the proofreading?
Live and learn.

[boxtops]

Once you have got the email from ILB you can forward it to your own email account then delete the original. Just don't keep using it (as I understand it)