Many people are of the opinion that voting in the civic elections in the city on October 18th may well be a waste of time, and in the event that almost nothing changes, it could also be a waster of money, but nevertheless, we must avail ourselves of the opportunity to vote whenever we can owing to the fact that we don't get many opportunities to influence the direction taken by any level of government.
Friday, November 28, 2014
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Many people are of the opinion that voting in the civic elections in the city on October 18th may well be a waste of time, and in the event that almost nothing changes, it could also be a waster of money, but nevertheless, we must avail ourselves of the opportunity to vote whenever we can owing to the fact that we don't get many opportunities to influence the direction taken by any level of government.
Many people are of the opinion that voting in the civic elections in the city on October 18th may well be a waste of time, and in the event that almost nothing changes, it could also be a waster of money, but nevertheless, we must avail ourselves of the opportunity to vote whenever we can owing to the fact that we don't get many opportunities to influence the direction taken by any level of government.
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Many people believe that voting in the city's civic elections on October 18th may be a waste of time and that in the event that almost nothing changes, it might also be a waste of money, nonetheless, considering the few opportunities we get to influence the decisions made at any level of government we must vote whenever we can.
Many city residents consider voting in the civic election on October 18th a waste of time and money. Nevertheless, this is an opportunity to influence one level of the government to change.
Many people think that voting in the civic elections on October 18th will be a waste of time and money, and it changes nothing; nevertheless, we must vote whenever we can because we don't get many opportunities to influence government direction.
Good try, AliochaENGL177. But your sentence could still be tightened up a little.
Sarah and Liudmila, you really got to the heart of the matter. Well done!
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