TOEFL integrated writing: certifications

The reading passage states that ecological certification in wood companies in America may not popular and success like international wood companies around the world, and give several reasons to support. However, the lecture doesn’t agree and cast doubt the points that the reading provides.

First, the reading states that American consumers are sick of advertising and don’t trust any label on any product, so they will ignore the ecocertified labels on the wood products. However, the lecture argues that still there are many customers that have knowledge and can see the different of the lab...

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Sentence: Second, the readings mentions that American wood companies are not willing to do ecological certification for their products because the processes increase their cost such as paying for independent agency, so they will keep the cost low for a better competition.
Description: The fragment readings mentions that is rare
Suggestion: Possible agreement error: Replace mentions with verb, base: uninflected present, imperative or infinitive

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