Cause, Effect And Consequence

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1. 01

   Causing And Arising

   Control the direction of causal verbs, so cause and effect are never swapped by an incorrect verb pattern.

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2. 02

   Naming The Consequence

   Name consequences precisely enough to distinguish a direct outcome from a secondary or unintended one.

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3. 03

   Worsening And Risk

   Describe deterioration precisely — making a problem worse is not the same as making it spread — and control the transitivity split that causes most errors here.

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4. 04

   Easing And Mitigating

   Distinguish reducing a problem from solving it — the single most useful hedging move available in a Task 2 solution paragraph.

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5. 05

   Condition And Dependency

   Express conditions with structures beyond if — one of the fastest routes to grammatical range without risking accuracy.

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6. 06

   Review: Pointing The Arrow

   All the cause-and-effect words from this chapter. Test yourself, then write a problem-and-solution paragraph.

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