Stating an opinion
• In our opinion...
•We (don’t) think that…
•The way we see it...
• According to the other side/ our opponents…
• Our position is the following…
Sequencing
• Firstly…, secondly…, our third point is that…
• The first good reason to… is that… ; next ; what’s more ; moreover….
• The first point I would like to raise is this…
• Here’s the main point I want to raise…
• I’d like to deal with two points here. The first is…
• I see your point, but I think…
• That’s all very interesting, but the problem is that…
• I’m afraid I can’t quite agree with your point.
• I think I’ve got your point, now let me respond to it.
Disagreeing
• Excuse me, but that’s not quite correct.
• Sorry, I just have to disagree with your point.
• Let me just respond to that, please.
• I’d like to take issue with what you just said.
• We said that… but the other side has not replied to our point.
• I’d like to focus on two points that the other side has failed to address.
• We pointed out that…
• Our opponents have claimed that…
Summarizing
• To recap the main points…
• Let’s sum up where we stand in this debate.
• In summary, we want to point out that…
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