: Re: How to introduce a "fourth reason" after having stated that there are "three main reasons"? In an academic paper, I have written "There are three main arguments for why X is not Z."

@Phylliss352

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It depends on one detail you didn't mention. Is the "essay" the same as your "paper", or is the paper already published?

If you're able to edit what you wrote before because it's still being drafted, the question is really about what you want to convey early on. In that case, you can say there are three widely recognized reasons, and you will discuss them and a fourth underappreciated reason. That's academically valuable, of course.

If on the other hand the argument "three main arguments" has already been published, the question is about how to make clear your addendum isn't back-tracking. In that case, you can say that you summarised the literature's three main arguments against X being Z in a prior publication, and that in the current publication you're mentioning another that is less important but poorly appreciated.

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