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  • hey guys how's it going

  • I'm Gabby Wallace and this is Go Natural English

  • the best place to find natural

  • English class and online in video format

  • so I love teaching English and I have a short lesson for you right now

  • for you all who are working on your writing skills

  • in this video we're going to talk about transitions

  • and specifically kinda transitions that show

  • a contrast in your ideas alright

  • so let's get started I wanna share for stovall

  • some transitions

  • however in contrast on be

  • on the other hand

  • transition however comma in contrast

  • comma and on the other hand comma

  • and these are all used to show something

  • different something completely

  • on the contrary is coming up something

  • one hundred eighty degrees from what you've been talking about

  • so for example I Boston

  • has cold weather however

  • los Angeles has hot weather okay

  • I Boston has cold weather in contrast

  • hawaii has great warm weather Boston is cold

  • on other hand miami is hot

  • okay so these are completely different ideas

  • so those are simple ideas now when you write

  • hopefully your writing is going to be way more

  • I it it's going to be at a higher level than those sentences

  • that I just gave as examples the most important thing that I can tell you

  • from the mistakes that I've seen my students making

  • is to make sure that you use these transitions when you're ready to show

  • a completely opposite and contrary idea

  • it can not be a continuation on the same

  • thought so about bad news for these transitions would be

  • Boston is really cold however

  • I sometimes its only a little cold

  • doesn't really make sense your credit continue with the same idea

  • so Boston is really cold in contrast

  • Boston have a lot of snow doesn't really work its kind in the same idea

  • however another one boston's really cold on that other hand

  • you can ice skate there so

  • well has to be cold in order to ice skate so those

  • ideas go together to see how those are not

  • opposite ideas and you cannot use these transitions

  • these transitions are great for showing

  • opposite ideas so use these transitions when you have to write an essay showing

  • two different points of view showing the pros and the cons

  • or sharing your own point of view and then

  • adding be opposite point of view in to show that you understand that

  • okay so I hope that these three transitions

  • and my explanation with some examples with helpful for you today

  • I wish you the best in your writing remember to use

  • however in contrast and on the

  • other hand followed by a comma to show your

  • opposite idea from what you

  • wrote about previously I you have any questions or comments

  • please contact me leave your comment on YouTube in the box below

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  • for more lessons so see you all soon thanks for watching

hey guys how's it going

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