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- Greg Malivuk
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- Homework: finish your outline and paragraph for Monday
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- compliment = praise or other good things you say about someone or something
- complaint = a bad thing you say about something, especially if you think it should change
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- WRONG (unclear at first where new paragraphs start):
- Boston is a wonderful place to study English as a foreign language for several reasons. The first reason is that there are many good language schools here. For example, Boston Academy of English is located in downtown Boston. It has great staff and new, up-to-date technology. Another good school is the New England School of English, which is located in Harvard Square and has many students from many different countries all over the world.
- Another reason is that Boston is near some of the best universities in the world. One of the great nearby schools is Harvard University, located in Cambridge. It is consistently ranked top among all US universities, and is often considered the best university in the world. In Cambridge there is also the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is one of the best schools in the world to study science and technology.
- Finally, Boston has really great weather in the summer and fall. There are many outdoor activities to do during the summer, and many of them are completely free. Autumn in Boston is not too hot and not too cold, and all the trees start to change beautiful colors. Due to its excellent language schools and universities as well as its great weather, Boston is your best option for studying English in the summer or fall.
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- OKAY (indent each paragraph):
- Boston is a wonderful place to study English as a foreign language for several reasons. The first reason is that there are many good language schools here. For example, Boston Academy of English is located in downtown Boston. It has great staff and new, up-to-date technology. Another good school is the New England School of English, which is located in Harvard Square and has many students from many different countries all over the world.
- Another reason is that Boston is near some of the best universities in the world. One of the great nearby schools is Harvard University, located in Cambridge. It is consistently ranked top among all US universities, and is often considered the best university in the world. In Cambridge there is also the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is one of the best schools in the world to study science and technology.
- Finally, Boston has really great weather in the summer and fall. There are many outdoor activities to do during the summer, and many of them are completely free. Autumn in Boston is not too hot and not too cold, and all the trees start to change beautiful colors. Due to its excellent language schools and universities as well as its great weather, Boston is your best option for studying English in the summer or fall.
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- ALSO OKAY (add a blank line between paragraphs, especially with online writing):
- Boston is a wonderful place to study English as a foreign language for several reasons. The first reason is that there are many good language schools here. For example, Boston Academy of English is located in downtown Boston. It has great staff and new, up-to-date technology. Another good school is the New England School of English, which is located in Harvard Square and has many students from many different countries all over the world.
- Another reason is that Boston is near some of the best universities in the world. One of the great nearby schools is Harvard University, located in Cambridge. It is consistently ranked top among all US universities, and is often considered the best university in the world. In Cambridge there is also the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is one of the best schools in the world to study science and technology.
- Finally, Boston has really great weather in the summer and fall. There are many outdoor activities to do during the summer, and many of them are completely free. Autumn in Boston is not too hot and not too cold, and all the trees start to change beautiful colors. Due to its excellent language schools and universities as well as its great weather, Boston is your best option for studying English in the summer or fall.
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- counterargument: an argument for the opposite position
- For example, if I am writing about why video games are good, a counterargument would be the argument that video games are bad.
- In a longer opinion essay, you should predict at least some of the possible counterarguments to your own opinion, and you should explain why they are wrong.
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- What are some reasons NOT to study English?
- - You can show more national support if you don’t speak another language.
- - English does not have very regular, simple grammar or spelling.
- - You don’t want to be too influenced by American or British culture.
- - If everyone speaks English, native speakers will think they’re the best.
- - If everyone speaks English, fewer and fewer people will keep learning other languages (and cultures).
- “Some people think we should not study English because English does not have regular or simple grammar. However, there are grammatical exceptions in every language, and in many ways English's grammar is actually simpler than that of many languages."
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