Modern forms of communication such as email and messaging have reduced the amount of time people spend seeing their friends. This has had a negative effect on their social lives. What extent do you agree or disagree?

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modern forms of contact through
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email and messaging. And they can
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communicate with
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communicate with
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, many
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reduced the amount of time
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face to face talk. I, myself, partly agree with both ideas because of the ff following reasons.
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with their relatives and friends than
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years. To illustrate, when you
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work on travel abroad you are still can connect with friends in the country.
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access more information. or every person all over the world.
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overuse these modern can contact, it will make relationships in social lives worse. Because communication only by email and messaging makes you gradually forget how to communicate in reality. In short, it is logical to accept that there are many reasons for the opposing argument on both sides of the debate But we cannot deny the importance of modern communication methods.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • modern forms of communication
  • email
  • messaging
  • reduce
  • amount of time
  • see friends
  • social lives
  • technology
  • communication
  • faster
  • convenient
  • stay in touch
  • connect
  • online
  • social media platforms
  • meet new people
  • face-to-face interactions
  • maintain relationships
  • excessive reliance
  • social isolation
  • digital communication
  • emotional depth
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