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Textual Cohesion — Coesione Testuale·Cohesion vs Coherence — Understanding the Difference
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Rule reminder

Cohesion (coesione) = the formal/grammatical surface links between sentences: pronouns, connectives, ellipsis, lexical devices. A text can have cohesion without coherence (grammatically linked sentences that make no sense together) or coherence without cohesion (logically connected ideas expressed with repetitive or awkward grammar). Both are needed. At B2, you must identify which type of problem affects a given text.

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'Ho comprato un libro. Il libro è rosso. Il libro parla di linguistica. Il libro è sul tavolo.' — What is the problem?

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