In this way people are using more resources

[Rachel Adams]

Can I use "in this way" or is there a better phrase to use?

"Globalization has created the consumer society. In this way people are consuming more and more resources."

 

[tedmc]

How about the following?

Globalization has created a consumer society where people are consuming more and more resources.

 

[Rachel Adams]

How about the following?

Globalization has created a consumer society where people are consuming more and more resources.

What can I use instead of "in this way"?

 

[tedmc]

What can I use instead of "in this way"?

I think the two parts of the sentence are too short to use a connector.

 

[emsr2d2]

I might be wrong but I think I've noticed that you've used "In this way" quite a lot in your writing. I'm pretty sure I've deleted it each time.

 

[Rachel Adams]

I might be wrong but I think I've noticed that you've used "In this way" quite a lot in your writing. I'm pretty sure I've deleted it each time.

You are right. I am looking for another phrase to use instead

 

[tedmc]

You are right. I am looking for another phrase to use instead

"In this way" is a redundant phrase to me, which doesn't add anything to a sentence. I don't think native speakers use it.

 

[probus]

You could use thus in place of in this way.

 

[tedmc]

So/hence/therefore/consequently/as a result

 

[emsr2d2]

"In this way" is a redundant phrase to me, which doesn't add anything to a sentence. I don't think native speakers use it.

We do, just not in the way Rachel has been using it.

 

[emsr2d2]

So/hence/therefore/consequently/as a result

We tend to discourage learners from starting a sentence with "So". Rachel has been using "In this way" at the beginning of sentences. Your other four suggestions are possible but wouldn't necessarily be appropriate in all sentences.

Rachel, we use "That way" sometimes. Here's an example.

You should line the lasagna dish. That way, the food won't stick.

 

[Rachel Adams]

We tend to discourage learners from starting a sentence with "So". Rachel has been using "In this way" at the beginning of sentences. Your other four suggestions are possible but wouldn't necessarily be appropriate in all sentences.

Rachel, we use "That way" sometimes. Here's an example.

You should line the lasagna dish. That way, the food won't stick.

Thus you use "in this way" but not at the beginning of a sentence. Right?

 

[emsr2d2]

Thus you use "in this way" but not at the beginning of a sentence. Right?

I hesitate to say that something can never be used but it's been wrong each time you've used it!