The study revealed one fact that not only lack of poor provision of computer literacy courses usually provided by university teachers were insufficent, but also the problem of modern plans and policy to develop them were lacking.
***** NOT A TEACHER *****
Hi, Irene:
I have suggested a sentence to start the discussion.
I am sure that you will soon get some great suggestions.
James
I don’t think your sentence quite works as it stands, James. I would suggest the following additional changes.
The study revealed that not only was there a lack of computer literacy courses provided by universities, but there were also insufficient plans and policies required to produce such courses.
My suggestion:
The study revealed that there was a lack of computer literacy courses on offer in universities. The study also highlighted the lack of plans and policies which would be required to produce such courses in future.
Excellent revisions, Beeesneees.
I agree with James. That’s great! Thank you!
I came across the following sentence.
The researcher noted that in the case of Sudan universities insufficient support by their government organizations, in terms of both policies and materials are among the barriers facing computer literacy.
I’m confused with ‘are’. I presume it should be ‘is’ which matches ‘support’. Is it neccessary to put comma before ‘are’?
I would certainly add the comma for the sake of clarity.
***** NOT A TEACHER *****
Hello, Irene:
I think that you presume correctly.
Quite often native speakers fall victim to the principle of proximity: the closest word gets to decide the verb.
So maybe the writer was incorrectly influenced by the word “organizationS.” And – since I do not know what was in the writer’s mind – maybe
even the word “materialS.”
James
Thank you, James!