Simon’s ielts writing task 2

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FROM SIMON:
There are no mistakes in this introduction guys!! 
1. "It is no doubt true that..." is very common in English. Just Google it and you'll see over a million 
examples. 
2. "The majority of people" IS CORRECT too! This is a normal general statement in English, meaning 
"most people would like to be happy" or "almost everyone would like to be happy". I'm writing about 
ALL people (everyone in the world), so we don't need to define the group before using "majority" in 
this case. 
Trust me guys. I'm English and these are easy, everyday phrases for me. 
Posted by: Simon | 
Wednesday, September 03, 2014 at 12:26
 
FROM SIMON:
Thanks guys. I don't have time to answer many comments these days, but I do still read them all, and 
I felt that I needed to clear up the confusion in some of the students' comments above. I hope my 
explanation helped. 
Strangely enough, I thought the introduction in the lesson above was more 'advanced' than those that 
I usually write. I usually recommend writing fast, simple introductions (so that you can focus on the 
main body paragraphs), but this time I used phrases like "the personal nature of happiness makes it 
difficult to describe" and "some common needs that we all share with regard to experiencing or 
achieving happiness". These phrases are guaranteed to impress any examiner! 
Posted by: Simon | 
Thursday, September 04, 2014 at 12:04
 
 

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IELTS Writing Task 2: two-part question 
Last week I wrote the introduction for a two-part question about happiness. After the introduction, we 
need to write a main paragraph about each of the two questions. Here's the first one for example: