Summary writing of "What we do and don’t know about the links between air pollution and coronavirus" article

 In the article "What we do and don’t know about the links between air pollution and coronavirus" written by Lewis (2020), he stated on his view of how air pollution is link with corona virus. Air pollution has increased the rate of "strokes, heart disease, respiratory illness and more" which has lead to high mortality rate. Therefore, its clear that air pollution and corona virus are interlink. However there are other factors as well contributing to corona virus. In highly developed countries such as New York and London where it has high influx of people due to its "extensive global travel connections". It increases the chances of "person-to-person contagion rates". In urban areas, people also tend to take mass transport system. This means that higher chances of infectious rate. Even though air pollution plays a part in corona virus, there are other contributing factors too that affect is affecting corona virus.

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  1. AtiqahOctober 6, 2020 at 12:38 AM

    Dear Jin Han,

    I have read your article summary and I find it interesting how the virus was spread easily. In your summary, you may want to use reporting verbs such as "the author expressed that....", "The article states...". For your thesis statement, the use of too may not be necessary in the sentence. However, I can understand what is your stand and the controlling idea.

    Regards,
    Nur Atiqah Nadia

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  2. dowantellyouOctober 6, 2020 at 12:42 AM

    Dear Jin Han,

    I have read your summary. You did a good job that you have stated the title of your article, the author's name with date and the main topic in the first sentence. You have stated the points which are clear in your summary too.

    In terms of language, I found that you used "stated", which is past tense in your first sentences. But, you used some present tense in the rest of the sentences.

    For your thesis part, I think you have not stated clearly as you did not mentioned "I". I would like to recommend you to use " I feel" or "I think" for your thesis statement so it sounds clearer to show your stand and opinion.

    Hope you have a good week!

    Best regards,
    Terry.

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