Future of Printed Newspapers and Books

In the future, nobody will buy printed newspapers or books because they will be able to read everything they want online without paying. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

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Essay ideas: Future of Printed Newspapers and Books

WhyThis is anOpinion essay — it asks whether you agree or disagree with a statement.

SoWe split the ideas intoReasons to agree(supports the statement)andReasons to disagree(argues against it).

Reasons to agree

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Reasons to disagree

5 ideas

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Response 01

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Response 01
Estimated band6.5/ 9

Overall assessment

The response maintains a clear position of full agreement and develops arguments about convenience and environmental benefits, supported by examples. However, it does not adequately explain why all online reading would be free or why every reader would abandon print. Recurring grammatical and collocational errors reduce clarity. The conclusion restates the position but opens with an incomplete linking expression.

TR

Task Response

The response clearly agrees and develops convenience and environmental arguments with examples. However, it gives limited support for the absolute prediction that nobody will buy print and does not develop the claim that all desired online reading will be available without payment.

6.5
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

The argument progresses through an introduction, two signposted lines of support and a conclusion. Some connections are awkward or inaccurate, especially “Whilst if” and “on the other hand” used for a consequence; the concluding transition “In ,” is incomplete.

6.5
LR

Lexical Resource

There is adequate vocabulary range for the topic with attempts at less common phrasing, but noticeable inaccuracy in collocation and word form, for example 'times more people', 'the producing of paper', and 'paper resource of information'.

6.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A mix of simple and complex structures is attempted, but frequent errors in articles, prepositions, pluralisation, and sentence construction, such as 'will not anymore face the need of buying', reduce accuracy although meaning usually remains clear.

6.0

What to work on next

Explain why online books and news would be free and why this would eliminate print purchases. Then proofread sentence structure, collocations and the incomplete “In ,” transition.

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