grammar · academic
These findings have important implications for + NP
Used to state that results or discoveries affect policy, practice, or further research in a meaningful way.
Examples
“These findings have important implications for urban planning.”
“These findings have important implications for teacher training programmes.”
“These findings have important implications for public health policy.”
Band 8 sentence
“These findings have important implications for policymakers aiming to reduce socioeconomic inequality.”
Collocations
- implications for policy / practice / education
Word family
Common mistakes
These findings have important implication to policy.→These findings have important implications for policy.
These findings is important for education.→These findings are important for education.
Say it for a higher band
5This shows that→6This means that→7+These findings have important implications for + NP
Synonyms
This suggests that
Easily confused
implication vs consequence
“One consequence of the policy was a reduction in traffic.”
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