Learn Dutch · C1
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Academic Argument Structure
Grammar: Discourse Markers in Academic Dutch.
Academic Dutch uses specific discourse markers to structure arguments.
- Weliswaar zijn er voordelen, maar de nadelen wegen zwaarder.
- It is true that there are advantages, but the disadvantages outweigh them.
- Hieruit volgt dat een strengere aanpak noodzakelijk is.
- From this it follows that a stricter approach is necessary.
- Enerzijds pleit men voor vrijheid, anderzijds voor veiligheid.
- On the one hand there is an argument for freedom, on the other for security.
- Samenvattend kan worden gesteld dat dit beleid tekortschiet.
- In summary, it can be stated that this policy falls short.
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