❌Basic vs ✅ Advanced Connectors for IELTS, Public Speaking & Creative Writing

✅ 1. To Add Information
🔸 Basic: And / Also / Too
🔹 Advanced: Furthermore / Moreover / In addition

📝 Example:
❌ I enjoy reading and writing.
✅ I enjoy reading; moreover, writing helps me express my thoughts.

✅ 2. To Show Contrast
🔸 Basic: But / Though
🔹 Advanced: However / Nevertheless / On the other hand

📝 Example:
❌ She is smart, but lazy.
✅ She is smart; however, her laziness holds her back.

⬇️⬇️Top IELTS Band 9 Vocabulary List

🔹 1. Conundrum – a confusing and difficult problem
✅ Solving the housing crisis is a political conundrum that requires strategic planning.

🔹 2. Ubiquitous – found everywhere
✅ Smartphones have become ubiquitous in today’s digital world.

🔹 3. Mitigate – to make something less severe
✅ New policies are required to mitigate the impact of climate change.

Dear everyone,
I would like to share a piece of my opinion paper on the current clash between Cambodia and Thailand. In my article, I argued that the current skirmish has evolved from Thailand's political instability. Both the military faction and the conservative elites group employed the historical border dispute with Cambodia in favor of political power.
https://cambodianess.com/article/border-crisis-rooted-in-thailands-dynasty-driven-politics

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