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Stratford
Institute of Languages
Dream Complex (Chandigarh Market), Bagha Purana Road, N. S. Wala (Moga)

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS IN WRITING

1. Stating your own position on a Subject or Topic

• This essay aims at...

• This essay is concerned with...
• The aim of this point is to…
• The point of discussing this argument is to…
• It shall be argued in this essay that…
• The view presented in this essay is that..

2. Presenting your own point of view

• I strongly believe that...

• To my mind...
• As I see it....
• It seems to me evident/obvious that...
• I feel that...
• I think/contend that...
• There are many reasons why…
• It is important/necessary to point out that…
• The first thing to be considered is…
• It is a fact that…
• At initial stage, it is very important to discuss that…

3. Supporting your view and adding more information:

• The first/second reason why…is…

• Firstly/Secondly...
• not only ...but also...
• The most important thing in this is that…
• In addition, …
• Furthermore, …
• What is more, …
• Another reason is …
• A further point is …
• Taking this discussion towards an advanced stage, we can add that…..
• It is very difficult to deny that…

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Institute of Languages
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4. Agreeing/ Disagreeing with the Statement

• I do not agree with the statement that...because...

• I do not think that the idea presented in this statement is accurate...because...
• I strongly stand with the idea presented in the statement that…because…

• The reasoning given in this statement is questionable because….

• One of the main arguments against this statement is that …
• The idea which has been put forward in this statement is somewhat inadequate/ inaccurate/
insufficient because…
• There is some doubt that…

5. Drawing a Conclusion

• To sum up, ...

• In a nutshell, ...
• As a conclusion, ...
• As a summary, ...
• All in all, ...
• To conclude, ...
• In conclusion…
• On the basis of the above discussion we can easily confer that…
• After discussing merits and demerits of both sides, we can come to a conclusion that both
approaches/opinions appear helpful with a few shortcomings on their sides.
• Therefore, after looking at all the above mentioned opinions closely, it can be concluded
that…
• The outcome of the above discussion leads us to say that…