X argues _______________.

According to both X and Y, _______________.

Architects, X argues, should _______________.

In their recent work, Y and Z have offered critiques of _______________ for _______________.

In the same way, X suggests _______________.

I wholeheartedly endorse what X calls _______________.

X gives a helpful explanation of this, saying _______________.

Contrary to this concept, X argues that _______________.

I disagree with X’s argument that _______________.

X harshly critiques this notion, saying _______________.

Although I agree with X up to a point, I cannot accept his overall conclusion that _______________.

Although I disagree with much that X says, I endorse his final conclusion that _______________.

X is right that _______________, but she seems on more dubious ground when she claims that _______________.

While X is probably wrong when she claims that _______________, she is right that _______________.

By Demonstrating _______________, X’s work [extends] the findings of Y.

X’s findings [call into questions] the widely accepted theory that _______________.

The results of X contradict/refute Y’s conclusion that _______________.

Whereas X provides ample evidence that _______________, Y and Z’s research on _______________ and _______________ convinces me that _______________ instead.

X’s theory of _______________ is extremely useful because it sheds insight on the difficult problem of _______________.

If group X is right that _______________, as I think they are, then we need to reassess the popular assumption that _______________.

In other words, _______________.

In short, _______________.

What X means here is _______________.

What X is saying _______________.

What _______________ really means is _______________.

I agree, as X may not realize, that _______________.

Indeed, it is highly likely that _______________.

X is right that _______________.

My own view, however, is that _______________.

But X is wrong that _______________.

X is wrong that _______________.

However, it is simply not true that _______________.

X’s assertion that _______________ doesn’t fit the facts.

X overlooks what I consider an important point about _______________.

X is both right and wrong that _______________.

At the same time that I believe _______________, I also believe _______________.

Though I concede that _______________, I still insist that _______________.

My feelings on the issue are mixed. I do support X’s position that _______________, but I find Y’s argument about _______________ and Z’s research on _______________ to be equally persuasive.

My conclusion, then, is that _______________.

What is more important, _______________.

These conclusions, which X discusses in _______________, add weight to the argument that _______________.

Ultimately, my goal is to demonstrate that _______________ .

My point is not _______________, but _______________.

Having just argued that _______________, let us now turn our attention to _______________.

Although some readers may object that _______________, I would answer that _______________.

X matters/is important because _______________.

Ultimately, what is at stake here is _______________.

These findings have important consequences for the broader domain of _______________.

My discussion of X is in fact addressing the larger matter of _______________.

Although X may seem of concern to only a small group of _______________, it should in fact concern anyone who cares about _______________.

Yet some readers may challenge the view that _______________.

Of course, many will probably disagree with this assertion that _______________.

Here, many [photographers] would probably object that _______________.

[Biologists], of course, may want to question whether _______________.

Yet, is it always true that _______________? Is it always the case, as I have been suggesting, that _______________?

However, does the evidence I’ve cited prove conclusively that _______________?

Although I grant that _______________, I still maintain that _______________.

Proponents of X are right to argue that _______________. But they exaggerate when they claim that _______________.

While it is true that _______________, it does not necessarily follow that _______________.

On the one hand, I agree with X that _______________. But, on the other hand, I still insist that _______________.

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