You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic. Some people say that advertising encourages us to buy things that we really do not need. Others say that advertisements tell us about new products that may improve our lives. Which viewpoint do you agree with? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

Thoughts about advertising. 
 
 Recently I started to pay attention on the amount of ads that are around us all day. It

is clearly costing

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clearly cost

lot

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lots

of money to create

this ads

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this ad

these ads

, so there should be good reason behind

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,

I thought. I started to talk about it with my friends and noticed that there are 2 main answers. 
 Half of my friends

sayid

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

said

that it is not bothering them at all and that they are actually getting new information from ads. The other half thinks that ads are putting pressure on the to buy things they don’t really need. And that it is harder for them to not get

items

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the items

that had nice catchy ads. 
 I think that advertisement clearly is making a difference, it is indeed encouraging people to get things, for some things that they do not need.

First because

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First, because

they would not make those ads if it was not effective and

second

I felt it on my own skin so to speak. When I

for

example go

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example, go

for a regular daily shopping I notice that I am more keen to get things that I am

familiar

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more familiar

with rather than the ones I never heard of.

For

example when

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example, when

my old phone

finally

died I

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died, I

went for phone shopping and seller was trying to convince me to get

this

Indian made phone which on paper had clearly way better

params

make a promise or commitment

promise

premise

poems

, and felt faster

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to

use

to

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

too

, but I was steel leaning towards well known familiar brands that I have seen in the ads.