ISSUE: People who make decisions based on emotion and justify those decisions with logic afterwards are poor decision makers.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
The world is advancing at a faster rate than ever before. The tolerance of error has been reduced to the minimum possible level. At every step there is an inter-dependency with each other right from our work place to our families. In such a scenario, how will a person survive who takes decisions based on emotions and later justifies them with his own logic?
People whose decisions are based on their emotions often justify the same with some logic. When a person is highly emotional, he his no where near to the practical world. In such a state, the decisions which he takes seem impeccable. But...
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Sentence: When a person is highly emotional, he his no where near to the practical world.
Description: A pronoun, personal, nominative, 3rd person singular is not usually followed by a determiner, possessive
Suggestion: Refer to he and his
Sentence: Its only you who has to decide then and there.
Description: The fragment Its only you is rare
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No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 64 40
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