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Useful expressions for LETTERS:
OpeningI am writing with regard/in response to the article in
yournewspaper/magazine about ing/sth I felt I should write to you
toexpress my opinion.
I am writing to express my opinion about the article that I read
inyour newspaper7magazine about ing/sth. In my opinion
ClosingYours truly, (opinion)Your sincerely,
Best wishes, (advice)Good luck,Yours,
OpinionI think thatin my opinion/ in point of view / to my
mind,this is a matter of opinionin my experience,as far as I
know,as far as I am concerned,to be aware / unaware of a problemto
tell the truththe fact is thatpersonally,the way I see it,I am
convinced thatI firmly believe thatI feel sth should be done about
that
AgreeI entirely / absolutely agree withthats exactly my own
viewIm of exactly the same opinionthats perfectly trueId like to
support thisview
DisagreeI partly disagree withI dont entirely agree withI agree
in principle, butThats not the way I see itI see things rather
differently myselfIm not at all convinced thatIm not absolutely
sure
Advice
If I were you I wouldIf I were in your position/shoes, I wouldIn
my opinion, you should/ought toI strongly advice you toIt would be
a good idea toI think youd betterOne thing you can doWhat I always
find helpful is ing/sthI suggest ing/that you should Why not
consider ing/sth?Why dont you ?How/what about ?The way I see it,
you canIt would be advisable to
Conclusion
Well, thats what I think you should do.I hope Ive been of some
help to youI really hope everything goes wellI hope you find this
advice helpful
Useful expressions for ESSAYS:
OrderInitially, at first, first (of all), to begin/start
withSecond, secondly, then, nextFinally, eventually, lastly, last
but not least,To conclude, in conclusion, to sum up
Referencewith reference to the problemregardingas regardsas far
as ing/sth is concernedaccording to (according to is used to
introducesomeone else's opinion. Don't say "according tome")
Argumentationon the one hand..... on the other hand
to consider the advantages and disadvantages of ing/stharguments
for and against ing/sthto discuss the pros and cons of ing/sthin
theory ... in realityanyway / at any rate / in any casein fact /
actually / as a matter of factup to a pointso to speakby no means /
not at allcompared to / in comparison withto draw / make a
comparison between ing/sth and there are those people who believe
that but
Generalizingon the whole
in general / generally speakingas a ruleto some extentto a large
extent / to what extent ?in many waysin all respectsin most / many
casesbasically
Making Exceptionsapart from ing/sthexcept s ing/sthwith the
exception of ing/sth
Modifying Adverbstotally / entirely / completelymostly / mainly
/ chieflypartlycomparatively / relativelyextremely / incredibly
Exemplificationfor example / for instance,such as / includingin
particular / particularly,to give an exampleto illustrate this
pointthat is to say,in other words,to be more specific/precise,
