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Oh wow @Rubina, I find this painting super creepy! I love the history behind it – excellent job with your critique.
Let’s have a look at some corrections:
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Kerin
AdministratorJuly 8, 2020 at 8:43 am in reply to: There will be 90% less lawyers in the future; only specialists will remain.I hope this prediction is wrong – it makes me think of a cold world!
Note:
A lot of professions, SUCH as lawyers, …..
(We can use such as to introduce an example or examples of something we mention)
or more informal:
A lot of professions, LIKE lawyers, …..
This is a really nice exercise to show the difference between ‘as’ and ‘like’
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/intermediate-to-upper-intermediate/as-and-like
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Kerin
AdministratorJuly 8, 2020 at 8:39 am in reply to: Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years.Totally agree. I was having problems with my computer (I bought it in 2016) and the guy in the shop told me – it’s vintage software ๐ฑ….. Vintage? It’s only 4 years old ๐ค
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maybe is one word
Here you could also use the future: Maybe it’ll take more time (to indicate a future prediction) ๐
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Kerin
AdministratorJuly 8, 2020 at 8:36 am in reply to: Did you think in 1998 that 3 years later you would never take pictures on paperYes, I wasn’t so young, but still could not have imagined. I didn’t even use a mobile phone in 1998… and I’m not even sure I had an email.
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(yes, for example: “I flew home yesterday. Utterly sad to be leaving.”)
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@chiaramig ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ LOVE it! (…….and sooooooo my life!)
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@Carly this is beautifully written and I love what you say about the colours and the sense of brutality and horror.
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>Thereยดs is chaoes everywhere and so was there after the bombing > i suggest this order to make it sound more natural: There is chaos everywhere, just as there was after the bombing. Or, Just as there was after the bombing, there is chaos everywhere.
>thought provling (probably a typo!) – thought provoking
> I like this sentence: Looking at this painting I feel moved, thoughtful , a little annoyed and totally sad. Just for practice, can you come up with any synonyms for ‘totally sad’? ๐ธ
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Kerin
AdministratorJuly 6, 2020 at 9:13 am in reply to: As the author states, software used on webpages such as Facebook can recognise yI agree with you Paolo! We should always have a choice.
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-DependS on which conteXt.
-spelling: chose – choose
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Kerin
AdministratorJuly 6, 2020 at 9:12 am in reply to: Did you think in 1998 that 3 years later you would never take pictures on paperYes, agree!
Note: No, I didn’t think IT
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Kerin
AdministratorJuly 6, 2020 at 9:11 am in reply to: Whatโs your overall opinion of the authorโs predictions?Thank you Paolo. I think you make a good point there.
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In my opinion is that the authorโs predictions could be fantastic , but I think that ( DELETE: the) men could lose the (Spelling)FANTASY and (Creative is an adjective. The noun is: ) CREATIVITY โฆ. but mostly TO BE free of MAKING (DELETE: the) mistakeS and after improve THEMSELVES FOR THE better.
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Well done on this task Mรณnica. I agree with what you say about images and how it could be used as a tool for good instead of ‘evil’!
Your essay is well structured, coherent and fluid. You’ve used some nice vocab in there too:
Notes:
1> The main uses of television are depending on age …. here you should use the present simple: The main uses of television depends on age … (because this is an opinion/fact. It’s not about time)
2> contents – content is usually uncountable (I like this page as it gives a quick summary of the grammar and it has a nice word list) https://ieltsliz.com/uncountable-nouns-word-list/
Suggestions:
Another way to say low/high intellectual level – less/more cultured/educated. Low intellectual level – ignorant, uneducated, unread, uncultivated