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some people believe that people who read books can develop more imagination and language skills than those who prefer to watch TV. To what extent do you agree or disagree

#people #books #imagination #language #skills #tv
People can gain knowledge from reading
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 of
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books
. Some people opine that watching
TV
 gives more skills,
while
 others argue that
it
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 only achievable with reading
books
. I agree with the latter view. In
this
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 I delve into the reasons for it. There are a plethora
advantages
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 of reading
books
. One main reason would be, by reading
books
, one can become
intellectual
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an intellectual
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 person. What I mean by
this
, when reading
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, we tend to put more concentration on the subject which results
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 more
in depth
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 knowledge and
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 strong vocabulary. It helps us
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 and in
studies
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our studies
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.
For Instance
,
alchemist
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 novel has many effective points which are significant for
young
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 generation. Studying
of
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these publications can improve
in
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their life.
Therefore
, it is vital to read different genre
books
 than watching
TV
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which causes more harm to our body. On the other side, nowadays
TV
 is common in every house and it is accessible to everyone. Watching television has too many disadvantages. People cannot watch for longer hours and watching
more
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 time
results
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 health
issue
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issues
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 like
eyes
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 paining and obesity. Watching
tv
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TV
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 is not as effective as a reading book. Some kids who do not have
parents
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 support
while
 watching
tv
, they're more chances that kids get addicted to watching abusive
video
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 which results
spoiling
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 their
carrier
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careers
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. To put it in a nutshell, I pen down, saying that, reading
book
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books
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 has
tremendous
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more
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 benefits than
the
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watching
TV
. Considering
above
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 view, I would agree with the option of reading
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.
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