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Capital punishment is a controversial topic that elicits strong opinions on both sides of the debate. Supporters argue that the death penalty deters serious crimes like murder by threatening death for those crimes. However, critics argue that most murders are not premeditated and research shows murder rates are not lower in countries without the death penalty. They also believe all people deserve a chance at reform through long-term imprisonment rather than execution, which they view as an inhumane act. This debate around capital punishment will likely continue for many years due to the strong feelings on both sides of the issue.

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Capital punishment is a controversial topic that elicits strong opinions on both sides of the debate. Supporters argue that the death penalty deters serious crimes like murder by threatening death for those crimes. However, critics argue that most murders are not premeditated and research shows murder rates are not lower in countries without the death penalty. They also believe all people deserve a chance at reform through long-term imprisonment rather than execution, which they view as an inhumane act. This debate around capital punishment will likely continue for many years due to the strong feelings on both sides of the issue.

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B4 Proof-reading (Unit 1.

12)

1 Practice A
Read the following text and underline the errors. 

Capitol punishment is the most awful penalty that the state can employ. Although it’s use

has declined worldwide in the next 50 years, it is still practiced in a significant number of

countries including, China and United States. It has strong opponents and supporters,

leading to fierce debate about their effectiveness. The supporters of capital punishments

argue that it deters criminals from doing big crimes such as murder, because they know

that they risk death themselves. Although critics argue that most murders is committed

without planning, and that researches shows that murder rate is not higher in countries

which haven’t the death penalty. They also says that everyone should have the chance of

reform, which may be achieved by a long period of imprisonment, and that state

execution is a inhumane act. You can see that this is a subject that creates strong

feelings, and clearly this controversy was likely to continue for many years.

2 Practice B
 Re‐write the text with all the errors corrected. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3 Practice C
Make a list of all the different types of errors found in the text, e.g. spelling, with examples. 

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