Advantages & Disadvantages 
advantages
advantage 
 The great advantage of  is that 
 One of the big advantages of  is that 
 Despite problems with , s advantages clearly outweigh its disadvantages. 

benefit	
  brought great benefits 

merit 
 the merits of the 
 the relative merits  of  the (=compare the features that they have)
	The merits  and demerits  of 
 saw no great merit in

good point 
 One of the good points about  is . 
 good and bad points.

the good / great / best thing about 
 The great thing about  is that 
 the best thing about 
 The beauty of  is that 

disadvantage	
 The main disadvantage of  is  
 serious disadvantages. 
 A  major disadvantage of  

Drawback - a disadvantage which makes you think that something is
not so good, even though it has other advantages: 
 The major drawback of .
 The only drawback is 

downside	- the disadvantage of a  situation that in most other ways
seems good or enjoyable:
	The downside of 
 Everyone wants to be rich and famous, but it does have its downside.
bad point 
 good points and bad points about 

