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They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing

At first glance, this academic composition seems to be another book of templates for

people to refer to when they have to jot down an email or address someone in a specific manner.

One is forced to consider if him/her referring to this book for writing a paper, then he/she might

need literary remediation to do. However, the more you start looking into this composition, the

“They say” and “I say”, the more you realize that how the content plays a huge role in your daily

life as well, outside of just the literary and academic world. For clarity, “They say” refers to what

arguments the other person has and tells students to take a certain position in a certain situation

and use their quotes. “I say” tells the readers what distinguishing positions they can take in

regards to the argumentative “They say”.

Personally, I found reviews from editors explaining they’re for and against the book with

weight lying more the former. According to some editors, this book provides “a funnel for

pouring thoughts into words” for readers. Some users of this book have called the reference of

this book in academia or professional environment as a sign of “necessary literary remediation”.

The fact, however, remains that this book provides people the tools necessary to structure their

thoughts into words in most cases, if not all. In the first chapter, the writer quotes George Cowell

by saying that many people believe nothing can be done about the bad state of English but the

writer believes that something can be done about it. This goes on to show that writer has taken a
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stance on how this composition can cater most of the circumstance’s readers would face in life, if

not all.