Debates, contrasting ideas. They are not attacking you but attacking your arguments. Searching for truth. It is not 1+1= 2. The best idea at the moment. Is this a better restaurant or that. We are looking for the best answer.
State your argument. Too many holes in their case, State what you are going to attack, what you are going to prove, disprove, Disagree, reject, Suspend judgement for now, right, wrong, false true, doubtful, BECAUSE, Good solid notes. Amount of evidence. Little no evidence. Evidence: What supports an argument to be true. Claims that are supported or unsupported. Supported argument.Quality of evidence.Where did it come from? CNN, experts, www. junk mail.com 1937 outdated. Was it an expert or Sally's friend?
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Refute, Refutation- Persuasive, Proposition,Valid- Invalid. antagonise. I agree up to a point. I grant you that. Granted.
Useful Debate Vocabulary
“I’m listening to the other side.”
- I see your point, but I think…
- Yes, I understand, but my opinion is that…
- That’s all very interesting, but the problem is that…
- I’m afraid I can’t quite agree with your point.
- I think I’ve got your point, now let me respond to it.
- We can see what you’re saying. Here’s my reply…
“I need to say something now.”
- I’m sorry to interrupt, but you’ve misunderstood our point.
- Excuse me, but that’s not quite correct.
- Sorry, I just have to disagree with your point.
- Let me just respond to that, please.
- Forgive me for interrupting, but I must respond to that.
- Hold on a moment, that’s not correct.
- If you would allow me to add a comment here...
- If you don’t mind, I’d like to take issue with what you just said.
“You haven’t replied yet.”
- The other side will have to explain why.... otherwise we win that point.
- We said that… but the other side has not replied to our point.
- I’d like to focus on two points that the other side has failed to address.
- There are two points that we have succeeded in establishing…
- I want to call your attention to an important point that our opponents have not addressed yet.
- I’d like to point out that there are two issues our opponents have failed to dispute, namely…
- I must stress again that our point has not been refuted by the other side.
“Well, I think that…”
- The first point I would like to raise is this…
- Our position is the following…
- Here’s the main point I want to raise…
- I’d like to deal with two points here. The first is…
- Our opponents have still not addressed the question we raised a moment ago…
- The other side has failed to answer our point about…
- Notice that the affirmative side has not addressed our main point.
- Let me just restate my position.
- Just to be clear, here is what I mean…
“So finally, we…”
- To sum up, here are the main points our opponents have not addressed…
- We pointed out that…
- Our opponents have claimed that…
- To recap the main points…
- Let’s sum up where we stand in this debate.
- Let me summarize our position in this debate.
- In summary, we want to point out that…
- Let’s see which arguments are still standing.
- Let’s take stock of where we are in this debate.
These phrases are from Debate and Discussion by David Moser.
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Debate vocabulary
(1) When you start saying something / contributing to a conversation
First of all, I would like to say/state that
To begin with, I
In the first line, I
(2) What can you say instead of "I think"
I would say/think
In my opinion
To my mind
I am of the opinion that
I hold the opinion that
(3) When you want to stress your "personal opinion":
Personally I think
As far as I am concerned
As for me
As I take it
As far as I can see
(4) When you "agree" or when you "don't agree":
I entirely/quite agree with you.
I agree to (with) her plan.
I am of the same opinion.
I differ from/with you entirely.
I disagree with you: I am sure you're mistaken.
I stick to my opinion.
Let's agree to differ!
(5) When you want to say the "opposite" of what someone else said:
on the contrary! quite the contrary! just the opposite!
That is the very opposite of what I said.
That is quite the contrary to what I said.
I maintain the contrary.
In contrast to what you said, I maintain that...........
(6) When you are "quite sure" of something:
of course!
That goes without saying
It goes without saying that
I contend/maintain that................
It's my conviction that..................
(7) When you want to "ask a question":
May I interrupt you?
There arises the question/point whether/if
This question raises the whole issue
(8) When you "haven't understood":
I beg your pardon. / Pardon?
Could you repeat what you've just said? But slower, please./
Could you slow down a bit?
(9) If you should want to "correct a mistake":
Excuse me (for interrupting) you should have said:"....."
(10)When you want to distinguish one aspect from the other:
on the one hand - on the other hand
in general - in particular
generally speaking
on the whole
taken as a whole
at first sight - on second thoughts
(11)When you want to "add" something:
In addition
Moreover
Furthermore
Finally
(12)When you want to "emphasize" something:
I would like to lay (put) emphasis (stress) on the fact that..
I just want to point out that
(13)When you want to "say the truth":
To be frank (with you)
Frankly (speaking)
To say the truth
(14)And if you are "not sure":
I don't know exactly.
I don't know for certain.
(A) General phrases:
in other words in this respect
to a certain degree/extent It depends on your point of view
in brief/short
To be brief
To cut a long story short,......
Let me put it this
way:....
I don't know. - I don't know either. Nor/Neither do I.
Add the following expressions to the given categories I agree with / disagree with you; I see/understand your point but ; You´ve got a point / a case there but; I´m not sure. whether …; I have doubts / reservations about ; I don´t see that working in practice. ; It may work in the short-term / in the long-term. ; I think that´s debatable. ; Prove it! ; Your argument is flawed because... ; What´s that got to do with the issue? ; You´re missing the point. ; It´s ridiculous to suggest that.... ; My feeling is.. ; If you ask me... ; As for me.... ; Bear in mind that … ; You´d better do ... ; Let´s face it.... ; In general... ; On the whole... ; As a rule.... ; It goes without saying that... ; What´s more / in addition / furthermore ; What I´m getting at is... / What I´m trying to say is.. / My point is... ; What is your point? What are you driving at? ; You´re not serious, are you? ;You must be joking! That´s nonsense / rubbish / ridiculous.
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Debate vocabulary
(1) When you start saying something / contributing to a conversation
First of all, I would like to say/state that
To begin with, I
In the first line, I
(2) What can you say instead of "I think"
I would say/think
In my opinion
To my mind
I am of the opinion that
I hold the opinion that
(3) When you want to stress your "personal opinion":
Personally I think
As far as I am concerned
As for me
As I take it
As far as I can see
(4) When you "agree" or when you "don't agree":
I entirely/quite agree with you.
I agree to (with) her plan.
I am of the same opinion.
I differ from/with you entirely.
I disagree with you: I am sure you're mistaken.
I stick to my opinion.
Let's agree to differ!
(5) When you want to say the "opposite" of what someone else said:
on the contrary! quite the contrary! just the opposite!
That is the very opposite of what I said.
That is quite the contrary to what I said.
I maintain the contrary.
In contrast to what you said, I maintain that...........
(6) When you are "quite sure" of something:
of course!
That goes without saying
It goes without saying that
I contend/maintain that................
It's my conviction that..................
(7) When you want to "ask a question":
May I interrupt you?
There arises the question/point whether/if
This question raises the whole issue
(8) When you "haven't understood":
I beg your pardon. / Pardon?
Could you repeat what you've just said? But slower, please./
Could you slow down a bit?
(9) If you should want to "correct a mistake":
Excuse me (for interrupting) you should have said:"....."
(10)When you want to distinguish one aspect from the other:
on the one hand - on the other hand
in general - in particular
generally speaking
on the whole
taken as a whole
at first sight - on second thoughts
(11)When you want to "add" something:
In addition
Moreover
Furthermore
Finally
(12)When you want to "emphasize" something:
I would like to lay (put) emphasis (stress) on the fact that..
I just want to point out that
(13)When you want to "say the truth":
To be frank (with you)
Frankly (speaking)
To say the truth
(14)And if you are "not sure":
I don't know exactly.
I don't know for certain.
(A) General phrases:
in other words in this respect
to a certain degree/extent It depends on your point of view
in brief/short
To be brief
To cut a long story short,......
Let me put it this
way:....
I don't know. - I don't know either. Nor/Neither do I.
Add the following expressions to the given categories I agree with / disagree with you; I see/understand your point but ; You´ve got a point / a case there but; I´m not sure. whether …; I have doubts / reservations about ; I don´t see that working in practice. ; It may work in the short-term / in the long-term. ; I think that´s debatable. ; Prove it! ; Your argument is flawed because... ; What´s that got to do with the issue? ; You´re missing the point. ; It´s ridiculous to suggest that.... ; My feeling is.. ; If you ask me... ; As for me.... ; Bear in mind that … ; You´d better do ... ; Let´s face it.... ; In general... ; On the whole... ; As a rule.... ; It goes without saying that... ; What´s more / in addition / furthermore ; What I´m getting at is... / What I´m trying to say is.. / My point is... ; What is your point? What are you driving at? ; You´re not serious, are you? ;You must be joking! That´s nonsense / rubbish / ridiculous.
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