As the internet becomes more popular, newspapers are becoming a thing of the past. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience
The overwhelming popularity of
internet
means that Add an article
the internet
every
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information
is now at people's fingertips, potentially risking traditional informative items like Correct quantifier usage
piece of information
newspapers
turn
obsolete. Fix the infinitive
to turn
While
I mostly concur with the idea of digital platforms supplanting physical copies, I would also
like to acknowledge the fact that there are still many families, and institutions like libraries, who still keep the print reading culture alive.
Internet
offers wide-ranging services to its customers largely because of its flexibility, accessibility, and arguably infinite space. Add an article
The Internet
This
allows it to cover not only a plethora of ideas ranging from politics, to science, to sports, to culture and gossips
, but Fix the agreement mistake
gossip
also
the immediate breaking news. Newspapers
, on the other hand
, can only offer limited stories owing t0
their fixed daily quota, and are disappointingly rigid to their timeline (who wants to wait a night to learn about a plane crash!), either way failing to cater to the needs of a fast-paced modern individual. Correct your spelling
to
Moreover
, the advent of internet-connected, pocket-sized mobile phones have
made Change the verb form
has
newspapers
look clumsy and ironically unportable, causing their fall-off among a significant chunk of current readers. A recent report about Kantipur, Nepal's largest selling
national daily, losing 23 Add a hyphen
largest-selling
percent
of its subscription past year clearly underscores the print edition's dwindling popularity.
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per cent
However
, newspapers
are not yet dinosaurs. There are still members in families who cherish and live to the notion of seating
in an armchair skimming through their Verb problem
sitting
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paperChange the spelling
favourite
,
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apply
while
taking a sip of coffee in
a warm sunny morning; Change preposition
on
furthermore
, many inquisitive readers are seen ruminating over the physical copies, sometimes even from the distant past, in well-documented vaults of public libraries; both instances meaning that the paper reading tradition is still breathing.
In conclusion, while
some individuals and institutions still revere and try to preserve the idea of physical newspapers
, I believe that those versions are precipitously losing their selling points among a significant segment of contemporary readers.Submitted by swikritishrestha90 on
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