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These words and expressions are especially useful

in letters, essays and articles.

I believe/do not believe that ... (because) ...

Personally I feel that ... Let me explain why.

In my opinion, ... ust consider ...

!s I see it, " The reason is ...It seems to me that" This is because ...

I would ar#ue that for the followin# reasons.

I feel very stron#ly that ...

I am convinced that ...

I am of the opinion that ...

I am very much in favour of/a#ainst ...

I am completely opposed to ...

The reasons why I believe that ... are as follows.

Opening phrases



People (sometimes) claim that " but I feel that ...

It is often said/ar#ued that ... $owever, it seems to

me that ...

It is a fact that ...

%ver the past few months/years, it seems that "

&ecently, we have all become concerned that "

'owadays, we are all realisin# that ...

In the past, people used to ", but now ...

These days, it seems that ".

Making statements



It is clear that ...

%n the whole, it appears/seems that ...

e must tae into account the fact that ....

It #oes without sayin# that ...

It is important to remember that ...

Explaining/Expanding ideas and giving

examples



... This means that ...

... This is lar#ely due to ...

"*or example/*or instance, ...

"In other words, ...

Tae, for example, the situation in ...

Listing arguments


in letters, essays and articles.*irstly/In the first place / To be#in with, "

+econdly/! second area to consider is "

!nother point to remember is ...

*inally, ...

In conclusion, ..

Last but not least, ...

Evaluating ideas, Dismissing contrary

argumentsThese words and expressions are especially useful


I thin it is true that ...

I totally disa#ree/a#ree with the point that"

It is uestionable whether "

I am sure/I doubt whether "

It is true that ... %n the other hand, ...

hile nobody can deny that ... , I would lie to point out that "

I a#ree that "$owever, ...

!lthou#h it is true that , we must remember that ...

It could be ar#ued that " $owever, I would lie

to point out that ...

-espite all the ar#uments, I still feel that ...

'otwithstandin# the claim that ... , I would ar#ue

that"

It may be true that ... , but all too often ...

In no way can I a#ree that ...

+urely it is completely unacceptable that ...

Persuading


in letters and proposals.

I would ur#e you to consider"

I am sure you will a#ree that"+urely you must a#ree that"

I would ur#e you very stron#ly to ...

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hen you hear the ar#uments, I am sure you will

a#ree that ...

Evaluating


in reports, proposals and reviews.

I was extremely impressed by"

I was rather disappointed by"

hile has much to commend it, I feel that some

aspects could be improved.

The problem could easily be solved if ...

I would lie to praise the ...

!nother area for complaint is "

y overall impression was that "

I am sure that visitors/readers/holidaymaers will

thorou#hly en0oy ...

hile some people will love ... , others may feel

less happy.

! ma0or problem is that ...

I was less happy with ...

Making recommendations


in proposals and reports.

I recommend that we ...I propose that we ...

e should also ...

I believe that we should ...

e could ...

If we were to" , we could ...

I su##est we" e would then be able to ...

Summarising


in letters, essays,articles, reports, proposals and

reviews.

!ll in all, I thin that ...

To sum up, I believe that ...

In conclusion, the facts su##est that ...

Describing


in articles, reviews, and letters.

1haracter/Personality

$e tends to be ...

+he can be ...

$e is inclined to be ...

+he appears/seems to be ...

$obbies and interests

$e is cra2y about ... 3in#.

+he loves ... 3in#.

$is #reatest love is ...hat she loves most in life is ...

$e spends all his time ... 3in#.

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