Vous êtes sur la page 1sur 2

Useful expressions for LETTERS: Opening I am writing with regard/in response to the article in your newspaper/magazine about ing/sth

I felt I should write to you to express my opinion. I am writing to express my opinion about the article that I read in your newspaper7magazine about ing/sth. In my opinion Closing Yours truly, Your sincerely, Opinion I think that in my opinion/ in point of view / to my mind, this is a matter of opinion in my experience, as far as I know, as far as I am concerned, to be aware / unaware of a problem to tell the truth the fact is that personally, the way I see it, I am convinced that I firmly believe that I feel sth should be done about that Disagree I partly disagree with I dont entirely agree with I agree in principle, but Thats not the way I see it I see things rather differently myself Im not at all convinced that Im not absolutely sure Conclusion Well, thats what I think you should do. I hope Ive been of some help to you I really hope everything goes well I hope you find this advice helpful

(opinion)

Best wishes, (advice) Good luck, Yours, Agree I entirely / absolutely agree with thats exactly my own view Im of exactly the same opinion thats perfectly true Id like to support this view

Advice If I were you I would If I were in your position/shoes, I would In my opinion, you should/ought to I strongly advice you to It would be a good idea to I think youd better One thing you can do What I always find helpful is ing/sth I suggest ing/that you should Why not consider ing/sth? Why dont you ? How/what about ? The way I see it, you can It would be advisable to

Useful expressions for ESSAYS: Order Initially, at first, first (of all), to begin/start with Second, secondly, then, next Finally, eventually, lastly, last but not least, To conclude, in conclusion, to sum up Reference with reference to the problem regarding as regards as far as ing/sth is concerned according to (according to is used to introduce someone else's opinion. Don't say "according to me") Generalizing on the whole in general / generally speaking as a rule to some extent to a large extent / to what extent ? in many ways in all respects in most / many cases basically Making Exceptions apart from ing/sth except s ing/sth with the exception of ing/sth Exemplification for example / for instance, such as / including in particular / particularly, to give an example to illustrate this point that is to say, in other words, to be more specific/precise,

Argumentation on the one hand..... on the other hand to consider the advantages and disadvantages of ing/sth arguments for and against ing/sth to discuss the pros and cons of ing/sth in theory ... in reality anyway / at any rate / in any case in fact / actually / as a matter of fact up to a point so to speak by no means / not at all compared to / in comparison with to draw / make a comparison between ing/sth and there are those people who believe that but Modifying Adverbs totally / entirely / completely mostly / mainly / chiefly partly comparatively / relatively extremely / incredibly

By that I mean, Conclusion finally last of all last but not least on the whole in conclusion / to conclude we can draw the conclusion to sum up / to summarize we can say taking everything into account all in all in short / in brief / briefly all things considered the subject under discussion I find it difficult to reach a conclusion but Im tempted to say

Vous aimerez peut-être aussi