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[Anonymous]

Can a topic sentence be in the same paragraph as the thesis satement?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Can a topic sentence be in the same paragraph as the thesis satement?

Sorry, I can't answer that one. It's been too many years. :wink:

 

[Tdol]

Wouldn't the thesis statement be the topic sentence? ;-)

 

[RonBee]

Wouldn't the thesis statement be the topic sentence? ;-)

Good point! in other words, they are one and the same, eh?

 

[kros1]

what about culture in chats?
People show their culture with abreviations in chats?
pleas answer.

krisel

 

[Tdol]

The abbreviations used tend to be fairly common- British and American speakers use the same ones. I'm not sure about other languages, but many are cross-cultural, like ASL (age, sex,location).;-)