Rule reminder

Conceding a point before refuting it is a key rhetorical strategy in argumentative writing. Formal Italian uses: 'È vero che... tuttavia/eppure/ciononostante', 'Sebbene... si deve riconoscere che', 'Pur riconoscendo che... non si può ignorare'. Colloquial concessions ('anche se', 'però') are too weak for B2 formal writing. After conceding, the refutation is introduced with 'tuttavia', 'ciononostante', 'nondimeno', 'al contrario', 'in realtà'.