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Television dominates the free-time of too many people. It can make people lazy and prevent them from socialising with others. Do you agree or disagree?

#television #free-time #people
It is certainly true that advancements in technology, saves people
time
 and money, but it
also
 makes people lazy and anti-social.In
this
 essay, I agree with the notion and I am going to elaborate, my view points with some reasons and supportive examples. There are
myraid
too numerous to be counted
myriad
 of drawbacks of
television
. A common criticism of
this
 is that T.v.
programmes
Suggestion
Programmes
 are addictive.
Thus
,
Accept space
,
people stay glued on
routine basis
Suggestion
a routine basis
 to them.
This
tempatation
something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
temptation
 consumes a lot of their
time
 and
encourges
contribute to the progress or growth of
encourages
encourage
 them to keep away from their love ones.
For instance
, a person watching tv series like 'Big Boss' on
colors
Suggestion
colour
colours
 channel
,
Accept space
,
 is much more concerned about upcoming episodes, and he would not like to miss it.Due to
this
, he will not socialize with people or go for outing with his family.
In addition
 to it, job holders
also
 consume their leisure
time
 by sitting in front of
television
. Rather than spending their weekends with their loved ones, they watch
sport
Suggestion
sports
 matches.
As a result
 of
this
, sometimes they lose their families and friends. Futhermore, watching
television
 for long hours
make
Suggestion
makes
 masses inactive persons.In simple words, if a person is entertained with one thing at one place, he will not leave that place at any cost. A particular example is that
,
Accept space
,
a recent study reported that 88% people
becomes
Suggestion
become
 lazy due to tv serials, as they do not like to miss
episode
Suggestion
an episode
episodes
 of their favourite serials,
thus
, they do not work anymore, they just stay at home and watch tv. After pondering over
great deal
Suggestion
a great deal
 of thoughts, I come to the conclusion that,
television
 is dominating people's free
time
,
consequently
 they refuse to be connected with
real world
Suggestion
the real world
.
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