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Government should spend money on railway rather than roads. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

#government #money #railway #roads
It seems that these days, government should spend more money on
railways
 than roads. I agree that the government ought to spend more budget on
trains
 and
railways
 rather than roads because
trains
 are environment-friendly transport and
it
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they
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creates
Correct subject-verb agreement
create
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 fewer
traffic
 issues than
cars
. Investments in
railways
 can improve the quality of public
transportation
. The countries that have
a
Correct article usage
apply
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good quality
of
Change preposition
apply
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railway
transportation
people
 use fewer
cars
 which causes low
air
pollution
 and
traffic
. Decreasing the usage of
cars
 can reduce
air
pollution
.
For instance
, Singapore is one of the countries that has more
trains
 in public
transportation
 with high quality.
private
Capitalize word
Private
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 car is not necessary, so
air
pollution
 is not a problem in Singapore. It is a good thing for a healthy environment. At the same time, when
people
 decide to travel to work by train,
people
 will use a private car .
This
 is a problem for
traffic
, and commuters
also
 travelling by public
transportation
 take less time when they do not have
traffic
 problems. MRT and BTS
railway
Fix the agreement mistake
railways
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used
Add a missing verb
are used
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 in Tehran,
for instance
,
people
 from residential areas can go to one
these
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of these
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this
 centre and it will take one hour,
while
 by using private
transportation
 it will take more than two hours.
To conclude
, every government must invest in
railways
 more than roads because the
railways
 have more benefits than private
cars
. The
trains
 can decrease the
air
pollution
 and
also
traffic
 problems which many suffer from .
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