Thursday, October 2, 2014

Cool site on useful debating phrases

All might not apply, but I especially like the following list:

http://www.teflsites.com/Expressions%20for%20Discussion%20and%20Debate%20new.pdf


Expressing solutions and alternatives
  • ß  The solution is to ... Then you will ...
  • ß  The best way to ... is ...
  • ß  To ..., you really have to ....
  • ß  There are many choices. You can ... You
    can .......
  • ß  Alternatively, ...
  • ß  Instead, ...
  • ß  The alternative is 


    Expressing Cause and effect
    Cause
    ß The reason why... is ...
    ß The reason why ... is that ... ß Due to ...,...
    ß Because...
    ß Because of...
    ß Because...,
    ß Since...,
    ß ...is why...
    Result
    ß For this reason,...
    ß For this reason alone, ... ß Owing to this, ...
    ß This is why ...
    ß That’s why...
    ß This is the reason why ... ß Therefore
    ß So
    ß As a result
    ß Consequently,...
    ß Thus,... 

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