In many countries, people are now living longer than ever before. Some people say an ageing population creates problems for governments. Other people think there are benefits if society has more elderly people. To what extent do the advantages of having an ageing population outweighthe disadvantages?
Nowadays, many countries face an imbalance of the age ratio of their
population
, especially when the Use synonyms
number
of elderly has outnumbered the young age. Use synonyms
This
situation Linking Words
trigger
a debate whether Change the verb form
triggers
this
issue will give more benefits to society or create Linking Words
further
problems for the governments. Linking Words
Nonetheless
, I would argue that there will be more drawbacks Linking Words
of
Change preposition
to
this
situation for some reasons that Linking Words
set
out below.
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are set
Firstly
, Linking Words
ageing
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an ageing
population
means Use synonyms
less
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fewer
people
want to have babies, Use synonyms
meanwhile
it is important for a country to keep their Add a comma
meanwhile,
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number of
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apply
population
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does not
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from
decrease
. Wrong verb form
decreasing
Therefore
, the Linking Words
government
urgently needs to encourage Use synonyms
their citizen
to get married and have kids. Fix the agreement mistake
its citizens
For instance
, Korea’s Linking Words
government
handles Use synonyms
this
issue seriously by giving incentives to their citizen every time they get a baby. Linking Words
Secondly
, elderly Linking Words
people
are not in their productive age which means that there are not enough young Use synonyms
people
to be workers. By Use synonyms
this
, I mean the Linking Words
government
needed to find Use synonyms
solution
to keep their Add an article
a solution
the solution
number
of workers enough to continue their industries and keep their economy stable. Use synonyms
For example
, it is predicted that China’s economy will experience Linking Words
downfall
because there will be not enough Correct article usage
a downfall
worker
in the future Fix the agreement mistake
workers
due to
their citizen Linking Words
was
limited to Replace the word
being
have
only 1 kid for one family.
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having
However
, having more elderly Linking Words
people
can be an advantage for young Use synonyms
people
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have
easier access to Fix the infinitive
to have
get
wisdom. They can easily Verb problem
apply
to
consult about their problems to their parents and grandparents. But, accessibility to Fix the infinitive
apply
get
knowledge is not an issue nowadays, considering there are many books they can read and Verb problem
apply
internet
to find any lesson they want to learn. To illustrate, in Correct article usage
the internet
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the western
a western
western
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Western
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countries
country
many teenagers get their good mindsets from reading books and Add a comma
country,
find
lectures Wrong verb form
finding
in
the internet.
In conclusion, the disadvantages that Change preposition
on
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government
needs to address from Correct article usage
the government
ageing
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the ageing
population
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such
as Linking Words
decreasing
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the decreasing
of
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apply
number
of Use synonyms
population
and Use synonyms
lesser
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the lesser
number
of productive citizens outweigh the benefit that young Use synonyms
people
have more access to wisdom which is Use synonyms
also
invalid.Linking Words
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