Hello, i'll be grateful if someone can tell me what level is the following composition: Today we’re going to talk about presents. Are they really necessary, or are they not? In lots of cultures and

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Hello, i'll be grateful if someone can tell me what level is the following composition: Today we’re going to talk about presents. Are they really necessary, or are they not? In lots of cultures and religions, people assume presents aren’t a good thing for society, their point is that we are “obligated” to give presents on these dates. On the other hand, as is widely known, the majority of the world's population celebrates Christmas. During Christmas, people are accustomed to meeting the whole family and giving some presents. Although this is a really extended tradition, I think it could be possible to change it and only give presents when we feel we should do it. The several arguments in favour of giving gifts are known for almost everybody, but I think it is important to talk about it. For example, someone could say that is a good opportunity to meet all the family to chat with friends and give some presents. Furthermore, some people are really grateful even though he presents received they are not to their liking. However, when people are not grateful, and they are impolite, this can cause serious problems. Another topic very important is the time people have. For example, someone is very busy, or a student might have not enough time to buy presents for all family members, all their friends or perhaps he or she doesn’t want to buy presents. To conclude I’d say, giving presents obligated is not a good thing, even so receiving presents is really fun and more when you are curious about what could be inside. As always, people should just do what they rather and be happy.

Dec 26, 2023 9:42 AM

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I am going to interpret "level" here to mean "level of formality," also called "register." This is written at a suitable level for a high school or college writing assignment. It would be a pretty good response to an assignment, "Write a short essay about giving presents." It is written at the same level as many magazine articles, or "feature" articles in a newspaper. It is slightly informal, as shown by the use of the first person. It is conversational, it is written as if you were talking to a friend, or perhaps a small group of people. It is not written in very formal, or very literate, or academic English. It is not written the way a famous essay writer like William Hazlitt might have written in the 1800s. It is not written in very informal English, it doesn't contain slang or colloquialisms. It is straightforward standard English. It is not humorous. It does not try to be clever or witty. It contains minor style and language issues. People would have different opinions about some of them. I would say that when you are speaking to a group, it makes sense to use a phrase like "To conclude" because you want them to know that you are at the end. In print, it seems unnecessary and wordy, because everyone can see that you are at the end.

December 26, 2023

Answering: "Yeah, if you can answer this I'll be grateful. What level is the compo (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 or C2)" I'm not a professional teacher and I don't have experience in "placing" students. Based just on written descriptions of the levels, I would _guess_ maybe B2. Your meaning is clear. Your use of English is _reasonably_ accurate and correct. The logical flow of the essay is good. One reason why I think it is in the "B's" is that it contains a lot of small errors, such as "The several arguments in favour of giving gifts are known FOR almost everybody," when it should be "TO." Also, there are many places where you can find A word that works, but it's not quite the RIGHT word. For example, a proficient speaker would write "Various arguments..." instead of "The several arguments..." What's wrong with "The several?" The use of the definite article, "the," suggests that there are well-known arguments in favor of giving presents. I don't think this is so. The occurrence of "comma splices" is also something I wouldn't expect to see in a fully proficient writer. As a side note, I wonder if it is really true that "the majority of the world's population celebrates Christmas." That should really be supported by evidence. If you don't actually have evidence, you shouldn't just say "as is widely known."

December 28, 2023

As an example of an issue that could be fixed: "To conclude I’d say, giving presents obligated is not a good thing, even so receiving presents is really fun and more when you are curious about what could be inside" needs work. The punctuation isn't right. You could replace the first comma with the word "that." The second comma is joining two independent ideas that could be separate sentences. This is called a "comma splice." It's common in inexperienced writers, and it's wrong. You could either split it into two separate sentences, or you could use a semicolon (;) instead of a comma. The biggest problem is "giving presents obligated is not a good thing." What is the word "obligated" doing here? If you put it in front of the word "presents" it would be grammatically correct, but still strange. In effect you have invented a phrase "obligated presents" and are saying that although "giving presents" can be a good thing, "giving obligated presents" is not. One way to fix this would be to write "giving presents just out of a sense of obligation..." "To conclude, I'd say that giving presents just out of a sense of obligation is not a good thing. Nevertheless, receiving presents is really fun and more when you are curious about what could be inside."

December 26, 2023