Write Well in English - How to use However, In Contrast, On the Other Hand as Transitions

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hey guys how's it going
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I'm Gabby Wallace and this is Go Natural English
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the best place to find natural
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English class and online in video format
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so I love teaching English and I have a short lesson for you right now
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for you all who are working on your writing skills
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in this video we're going to talk about transitions
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and specifically kinda transitions that show
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a contrast in your ideas alright
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so let's get started I wanna share for stovall
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some transitions
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however in contrast on be
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on the other hand
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transition however comma in contrast
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comma and on the other hand comma
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and these are all used to show something
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different something completely
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on the contrary is coming up something
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one hundred eighty degrees from what you've been talking about
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so for example I Boston
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has cold weather however
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los Angeles has hot weather okay
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I Boston has cold weather in contrast
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hawaii has great warm weather Boston is cold
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on other hand miami is hot
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okay so these are completely different ideas
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so those are simple ideas now when you write
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hopefully your writing is going to be way more
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I it it's going to be at a higher level than those sentences
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that I just gave as examples the most important thing that I can tell you
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from the mistakes that I've seen my students making
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is to make sure that you use these transitions when you're ready to show
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a completely opposite and contrary idea
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it can not be a continuation on the same
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thought so about bad news for these transitions would be
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Boston is really cold however
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I sometimes its only a little cold
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doesn't really make sense your credit continue with the same idea
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so Boston is really cold in contrast
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Boston have a lot of snow doesn't really work its kind in the same idea
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however another one boston's really cold on that other hand
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you can ice skate there so
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well has to be cold in order to ice skate so those
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ideas go together to see how those are not
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opposite ideas and you cannot use these transitions
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these transitions are great for showing
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opposite ideas so use these transitions when you have to write an essay showing
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two different points of view showing the pros and the cons
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or sharing your own point of view and then
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adding be opposite point of view in to show that you understand that
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okay so I hope that these three transitions
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and my explanation with some examples with helpful for you today
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I wish you the best in your writing remember to use
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however in contrast and on the
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other hand followed by a comma to show your
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opposite idea from what you
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wrote about previously I you have any questions or comments
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please contact me leave your comment on YouTube in the box below
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I'm you can follow me on twitter facebook
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and go to my website go natural English
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for more lessons saw see you all soon thanks for watching
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