# Mastering Concession and Counterargument with Linking Verbs

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## Author

- **Name**: Ariel
- **Username**: @hello_ariel28

## Content

✨ 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙨 - 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 ✨

💡 Presenting a counterargument in your essay is a high-level skill, and the problems associated with this idea are complex. In order to build a logical counterargument, you need some specific linking verbs to connect your ideas naturally. 

🌸 (a) Concession: it is true, of course, certainly, if, may
🌸 (b) Counter-argument: but, even so, nevertheless, all the same, still

🌻 These expressions use a three-part structure: 
(1) The writer mentions the facts that point in a certain direction.
(2) (the concession) It is agreed that a particular contradictory fact points the other way; but the writer dismisses this and returns to the original direction of the argument.

🍀 Here are some examples:
1⃣️ Very few people understood Einstein's theory. Of course, many had heard about 'relativity'. But hardly anyone could tell what he had actually said.

2⃣️ It was a successful final. The champions, if a little surprised by their opponents’ fire were nevertheless impressed by their sense of fair play.

3⃣️ He was pleased with his marks. It was true that he could have done better and that his oral exam was only average. Still, the subject was extremely difficult.

4⃣️ He could not agree with colonialism. It is true that they did do some good when ruling the country. Even so, colonialism is still basically wrong.

5⃣️ He was incapable of making up his mind. Certainly, he had made some decisions in the past. All the same, they were more forced on him by the circumstances than anything else.

✍️ The essay in the picture is the one I am writing now. In the following days, I will introduce different types of linkers on my Moments.

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- **Posted**: 4/1/2025
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