When I was writing an essay about parents providing their children with an excessive number of toys, I wrote the following sentence. The main reason that I didn't used trend here was that I've already used that in the above of the essay. Therefore, I would really appreciate it if someone could let me know whether it is feasible to use the word - practice - to indicate the trend that parent purchasing more than necessary playthings for their offspring.
To begin with, there are some benefits of this practice.
dileepa there are some benefits to this practice This is OK as amended, though "practice" means "behaviour" or "way of doing something". It does not specifically mean "trend". I guess you probably already know this.
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dileepathere are some benefits to this practice
This is OK as amended, though "practice" means "behaviour" or "way of doing something". It does not specifically mean "trend". I guess you probably already know this.
Does "To begin with" mean that there are initially benefits, but these diminish over time? (I d
dileepaI didn'tuseduse
After auxiliary do (do, does, did) you must use the plain form of the verb.
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