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toefl independent essay, day 3 Could you please correct my essay? :) Question Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to use printed materials such as books and articles to do research than it is to use the internet. Essay In my opinion, it is critically important to organise your preparation for researching properly. I strongly believe, that using online resources is much better than having it on paper. I will explore the reasons in the following essay. First of all, some materials have restricted access. Sometimes you can not find a book or an article, which was written tens years ago, in a local library. My own experience demonstrates this reality. Two years ago, I have prepared for an important international conference and tried to find information on a specific biological topic. I wasted hours, trying to find anything related to this theme, but every article I have read was useful and uninformative. My supervisor gave me an advice to look for the particular book. However, when I asked a librarian in my university, nothing was found, because this book was printed only in a thousand copies. I decided to search it on the internet and finally got it. This example illustrates how important it is to have different resources to solve the problem of unavailability of information. Secondly, printed materials have a bad impact (adversely influence ) on the environment. The ecological problem are becoming more and more important during the last decade, especially the problem of cutting down forests for making paper. For instance, there were a company against wasting paper in my university. People were paid for giving useless printed materials, because of opportunity to recycle it. During my school years, I have saved a number of writing-books to prepare for exams, so I decided to get rid of it. I earned about two dollars and bought an ice-cream, but more important that I was a bit proud of myself because of making a small contribution for saving the earth. Moreover, if only every of us had abolished from pointless paper, our planet would have been in a better condition. And this is a brilliant example of how we can take part in a global mission just using web-resourses instead of cutting down trees. In conclusion, I believe, that using an internet is much better than trying to find paper materials in libraries or book stores. This is because of the unstable ecological situation in the world and the accessibility of some materials.

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In my opinion, it is critically important to organise your preparation for researching properly.

Okay, but it sounds a little unnatural. Another option: "In my opinion, proper organisation is critically important when preparing for research."

I strongly believe, that using online resources is much better than having it on paper. I will explore the reasons in the following essay. No comma

First of all, some materials have restricted access. Sometimes you can not find a book or an article, which was written tens dozens of years ago, in a local library.

No equivalent of десятки

My own experience demonstrates this reality. Two years ago, I have prepared was preparing for an important international conference and tryingtried to find information on a specific biological topic. I wasted hours, trying to find anything related to this theme, but every article I have read was uselessuseful and uninformative. My supervisor advised megave me an advice to look for athe particular book. However, when I asked a librarian in my university, it could not benothing was found, because only a thousand copies had been printedthis book was printed only in a thousand copies. I decided to search for it on the internet and finally got it. This example illustrates how important it is to have different resources to solve the problem of unavailability of information.

Secondly, printed materials have a bad impact (adversely influence ) on the environment.

"Influence" implies emotional or intellectual persuasion, so you can't use it with reference to the environment

The ecological problems are becoming more and more important (urgent? severe?) during the last decade, especially the problem of cutting down forests for making paper.

For instance, there were a company against wasting paper in my university.

"Against" only implies an opinion. You want more active phrasing here, since the company was engaged in concrete actions to prevent paper waste. Maybe: "There was a company whose mission was to reduce paper waste."

People were paid for turning ingiving useless printed materials, because of the opportunity to recycle them it. During my school years, I have saved a number of writing-books to prepare for exams, so I decided to get rid of themit. I earned about two dollars and bought an ice-cream, but more important was that I was a bit proud of myself forbecause of making a small contribution tofor saving the earth. Moreover, if only every one of us stopped usinghad abolished from pointless paper, our planet would behave been in a better condition. And this is a brilliant example of how we can take part in a global mission just by using web-resources instead of cutting down trees.

In conclusion, I believe, that using anthe internet is much better than trying to find paper materials in libraries or book stores. This is because of the unstable ecological situation in the world and the accessibility of some materials.

Very good! A few words were used in an awkward way and some of the prepositions were wrong, but overall, you display excellent command. It is a small detail, but if you are interested in why I removed many of your commas, take a look at this article: https://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/which_that_who_comma_or_not.htm
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toefl independent essay, day 3

Could you please correct my essay? :)
Question
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to use printed materials such as books and articles to do research than it is to use the internet.

Essay

In my opinion, it is critically important to prepare your research properly. I strongly believe that using online resources is much better than having them on paper. I will explore the reasons in the following essay.

First of all, some materials have restricted access. Sometimes you cannot find a book or an article written tens years ago, in the local library. My own experience demonstrates this. Two years ago, I was preparing for an important international conference and tried to find information on a specific biological topic. I wasted hours trying to find anything related to this theme, but every article I read was useful and uninformative. My supervisor advised me to look for a certain book. However, when I asked the university librarian nothing was found, because this book was printed in only a thousand copies. I decided to search it on the internet and finally got it. This example illustrates how important it is to have different resources to solve the problem of scanty information.

Secondly, printed materials harm the environment. The ecological problems are becoming more and more important during the last decade, especially the problem of cutting down forests to make paper. For instance, there was a club against wasting paper in my university. People were paid to collect useless printed materials, with the opportunity to recycle them*. During my school years, I had saved a number of writing-books to prepare for exams, so I decided to get rid of them. I earned about two dollars, enough for an ice-cream, but more important than that, I was a bit proud of myself because of making a small contribution to save the earth. Moreover, if only each of us abolished our pointless papers, our planet would be in a better condition. And this is a brilliant example of how we can take part in a global mission just using web-resourses instead of cutting down trees.

In conclusion, I believe that using the internet is much better than trying to find paper material in libraries or book stores. This is because of the unstable ecological situation in the world and the accessibility of some materials.

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