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        	        	<description><![CDATA[<p>Enda，</p>
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<p>I like you rewrite:</p>
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This essay will challenge the view that multinational companies do more harm than good by focusing on their contribution to economic development and improved living standards.</p>
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<p>It is much better than mine. I always can learn some better expressions and find something that is missing in my writting through reading your rewrites.</p>
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        	        	<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi Rshdwork and thanks for this essay. <strong></strong></p>
<p>Thanks Alison, too, for your comments. I agree with Alison on the need for a clearer thesis sentence,  and with her grammar suggestions in your intro.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Word Choice/Word Form/Usage</strong></span></p>
<p>One of the main characteristic of the current century is widespread existence → One of the main characteristics of the current century is <span style="color: #800000"><strong>the</strong></span> widespread existence</p>
<p>various economical sectors → various <span style="color: #800000"><strong>economic</strong></span> sectors</p>
<p>there are many evidences → there is <strong>a<span style="color: #800000"> lot of evidence</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Ideas and support</strong></span></p>
<p>In the introduction, you wrote:</p>
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Many think that multinational companies and their product will hurt the society eventually.</p>
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<p>How? You could give some examples:</p>
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Many think that multinational companies and their products hurt society through pollution, increased materialism and corporate greed.</p>
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<p>As Alison says, try to avoid generic (standard) sentences which could be used in a million essays:</p>
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<span style="background-color: #ffff99">This essay will challenges the topic by examinging both cons and pros of this phenomenon.</span></p>
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<p>Instead, rewrite this thesis sentence to help the reader guess what is coming in your essay. Alison suggested:</p>
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This essay will challenge the view that multinational companies do more harm than good by listing some strong and positive evidence.</p>
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<p>Or you could use something more specific like this:</p>
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This essay will challenge the view that multinational companies do more harm than good by focusing on their contribution to economic development and improved living standards.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Topic Sentence</strong></span></p>
<p>Topic sentences should be <span style="color: #800000"><strong>short</strong></span>. In Paragraph Two you wrote this 27-word monster:</p>
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One of the fundamental requirements of establishing a multinational activity is the acceptance of the fact that the society shall prepare itself for welcomming many foreign individuals.</p>
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<p>It’s too long and there are far too many nouns and nominalizations. Nouns or <a href="/?page_id=2722/about-this-forum/government-should-not-fund-non-scientific-subject-1#p825" target="_blank">nominalizations</a> slow down your sentences. Try to have fewer nouns in your sentences, or to replace them with adjectives or verbs.   Or just simplify and shorten:</p>
<p>To be truly multinational, societies should welcome foreigners. (8 words)  <strong>OR   </strong>Societies should be open to foreigners. (6 words)  </p>
<p>Paragraph Two is off topic. It's not clear to the reader that you understand what multinational companies are. Why not start with a definition? The essay does not ask what the conditions are for multinational companies.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800000">Shorten/Simplify: Reorganize</span><br />
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<p>In Paragraph Two you have <span style="color: #800000"><strong>only 4 sentences</strong></span> -  you should have about 7 or 8. They have an average sentence length of 31 words. <strong>T<span style="color: #800000">his is far too long</span></strong><span style="color: #800000">.</span>  </p>
<p>I recommend having an average sentence length of between 12 and 15 words per sentence. Longer sentences tend to have more mistakes in punctuation, agreement and structure, as well as being more complicated for the reader.  Aim for a mix of sentences - long and short, simple, complex and compound. All four sentences in this paragraph have a very similar and complicated structure.</p>
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<li>One of the fundamental <span style="text-decoration: line-through">requirements</span> of establishing a multinational activity is the <span style="text-decoration: line-through">acceptance</span> of the <span style="text-decoration: line-through">fact</span> that the society <span style="text-decoration: line-through">shall</span> prepare itself for welcomming many foreign individuals.</li>
<li>People who are opposed <span style="text-decoration: line-through">to this trend</span> believe that the host nation usually could not impose its own culture <span style="text-decoration: line-through">to</span> the foreigners and therefore the host nation could gradually <span style="text-decoration: line-through">accept</span> many <span style="text-decoration: line-through">unwilling</span> changes.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through">Dissidents</span> also claim that the main purpose of <span style="text-decoration: line-through">multination’s</span> investors is to find a target market in the host nation and thus be able to sell as much of their products as possible.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through">Extremist</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through">oppositions</span> even argue that this type of <span style="text-decoration: line-through">establishments</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through">are only search for</span> solutions to outsource more of their products so <span style="text-decoration: line-through">they</span> won’t help <span style="text-decoration: line-through">in any way </span>for domestic employment either.</li>
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<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Off-Topic?</strong></span></p>
<p>Another problem with this second paragraph (a <span style="color: #800000"><strong>HUGE</strong></span> problem) is that it is <span style="color: #800000"><strong>off-topic</strong></span>, at least in the first part.  Have a look at the <a href="http://www.ielts.org/pdf/UOBDs_WritingT2.pdf" target="_self" target="_blank">official descriptors for IELTS Task 2 Writing (public version) here</a>, under Task Response, and look for the words “tangential” or “addresses the task only partly.”</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>How to fix Paragraph Two</strong></span></p>
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<li>Have a short (4-10 words) topic sentence. A topic sentence tells the reader the main idea of your paragraph. See Have a look at the <a href="http://www.ielts.org/pdf/UOBDs_WritingT2.pdf" target="_self" target="_blank">official descriptors for IELTS Task 2 Writing (public version) here</a>, under Coherence and Conclusion, and look for the words “clear central topic in each paragraph.” <br />
 Multinational companies have several disadvantages.   <span style="color: #800000"><strong>OR</strong></span> There are many reasons why people oppose multinational companies   <span style="color: #800000"><strong>OR</strong>  </span> Multinational companies face many criticisms.</li>
<li>Have different kinds of sentences. Have some short sentences and some  longer sentences. Use different sentence structures.</li>
<li>Simplify, simplify, simplify.</li>
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<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Shorten/Simplify</strong></span></p>
<p>You wrotea 37-word monster here in Paragraph Three which has to be broken up:</p>
<p>    On the other hand there are many evidences that prove the multinational companies are a benefit for each country, in a way they provide employment opportunities, import knowledge and experience and make fortune for their share holders.</p>
<p>Here’s one possible rewrite of all of Paragraph Three using a standard 7-sentence layout (Topic, Idea 1, more information, Idea 2, more information, Idea 3, more information)</p>
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<span style="color: #ff00ff">Topic:</span> However, multinational sentences can also benefit a country.  <span style="color: #ff00ff">Idea 1:</span> First of all they provide employment. <span style="color: #ff00ff">More information</span>: When companies such as Microsoft, Toyota, Intel or Pfizer build plants in a country, jobs are created for hundreds or thousands of local people and for related industries and services. <span style="color: #ff00ff">Idea 2</span>: Second, multinational companies often bring extensive expertise in technology and business. <span style="color: #ff00ff">More information:</span> Processes and policies practiced in these companies can spread to local industries and boost their efficiency and work practices.  <span style="color: #ff00ff">Idea 3</span>: Finally, many multinational companies invest heavily and are a rich source of tax and revenue for the host country. <span style="color: #ff00ff">More information</span>: Countries such as Ireland or Malaysia benefit extensively from the presence of American or Japanese multinationals. Exports increase, employment falls, and other direct investment is attracted.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span></p>
<p>The conclusion is a little odd: you have some new information and some of it is definitely off topic. Just summarize and give your opiinion, and don't add anything new.</p>
<p>Overall, Rshdwork, use much shorter sentences, particularly for topic sentences. Try to use a simpler 3773 layout (read more about <a href="/?page_id=1764" target="_self" target="_blank">3773 and 35553 layouts</a> here), and have only ONE idea per sentence.  Aim for about 300 wods max. </p>
<p>You can check average sentence length, word count, and many other useful statistics by using one of the two readability links at the top of this page-  this one at <a href="http://www.read-able.com/" target="_self" target="_blank">read-able.com</a>, or this one at <a href="http://www.online-utility.org/english/readability_test_and_improve.jsp" target="_self" target="_blank">online-utility.org</a>.  Your average sentence length is 30: you need to get this waaaaaay down to between 12 and 15 words.  If you copy-and-paste your current essay into the first link at read-able.com you will see that it gets a very poor readability score. Shorten and simplify and you will be fine.</p>
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<p>Thanks again to Alison for her comments!</p>
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        	        	<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>THE INTRO.</strong></p>
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One of the main characteristic<strong><span style="color: #ff0000">s</span></strong> of the current century is <strong><span style="color: #ff0000">the</span></strong> widespread existence of multinational corporations in various <span style="text-decoration: line-through">economica </span><strong><span style="color: #ff0000">(economic)</span></strong> sectors. Many think that multinational companies and their product will <span style="text-decoration: line-through">hurt </span><strong><span style="color: #ff0000">(harm) </span></strong>the society eventually. This essay will challenge<span style="text-decoration: line-through">s</span> the topic by examing<span style="text-decoration: line-through">ing</span> both <span style="color: #0000ff">cons and pros<span style="color: #ff0000">(feel like the "cliché")</span></span><span style="color: #ff0000"> </span>of this phenomenon.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000">Specialize:——</span>do not use those sentences that can be used in thousands of essays.</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>For example, you wrote:</strong></span></p>
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This essay will challenges the topic by examinging both cons and pros of this phenomenon.→</p>
<p>This essay will challenge the view that multinational companies do more harm than good by listing some strong and positive evidence.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000">Thesis sentence——</span> to give your opinion in the introduction can contribute to a good essay. You have no thesis sentence in this part. The topic asks "Do you agree or not". You should answer it with a thesis sentence.</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>For example，you can say：</strong></span></p>
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It is for sure that multinational companies are to some extend causing negative impacts, but their positive effects to economics do exceed.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000">Surely there are many forms of expression. It is up to you. The most important thing is to write a thesis sentence.</span></p>
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        	        	<description><![CDATA[<p>In most countries multinational companies and their products are becoming more and more important. This trend is seriously damaging our quality of life. Do you agree or disagree?</p>
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<p>    One of the main characteristic of the current century is widespread existence of multinational corporations in various economical sectors. Many think that multinational companies and their product will hurt the society eventually. This essay will challenges the topic by examinging both cons and pros of this phenomenon.</p>
<p>    One of the fundamental requirements of establishing a multinational activity is the acceptance of the fact that the society shall prepare itself for welcomming many foreign individuals. People who are opposed to this trend believe that the host nation usually could not impose its own culture to the foreigners and therefore the host nation could gradually accept many unwilling changes. Dissidents also claim that the main purpose of multination’s investors is to find a target market in the host nation and thus be able to sell as much of their products as possible. Extremist oppositions even argue that this type of establishments are only search for solutions to outsource more of their products so they won’t help in any way for domestic employment either.</p>
<p>    On the other hand there are many evidences that prove the multinational companies are a benefit for each country, in a way they provide employment opportunities, import knowledge and experience and make fortune for their share holders. There are many examples of the beneficial side of this case like how Japan have had a big progress in the last century or how the North Korea is going to develop their country through the structure that this flexiblity have created for them so far.</p>
<p>    Sure there are flaws regarding this model but its hopefully solvable If the governments for instance in case of outsourcing, supervise their business by means of policy making and legislations and diminish the plague of outsourcing which sure is one of the main disadvantage of having multinational companies in the country.</p>
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