Summing

We used to compile survey results using spreadsheet programs but recently we feel that database software's summing methods are quicker so we use databases to total them.

Summing up, it is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock.

Are you trying to convince the reader of a position? Presenting deeply researched information about a topic? Summing up a situation or event? They all take different approaches in their style of writing.

In summing up, Judge Reginald Weir said he was critical of forensic evidence presented by the prosecution that relied heavily on a new kind of DNA testing. He also criticized the police for how they handled and stored the evidence, with possible cross-contamination.

In this manner each page [of accounts] is summed up, and […] the amount of the last page of all, as comprehending all the particular summings of the preceding pages, is to be considered as the total amount of the whole account.