"Many of the world's lesser-known languages are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. The governments of countries in which these languages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct."
The issue raises a controversial view of whether it is necessary for the government to take steps or not necessary to take steps. I agree in so far as a country's indigenous and languages should not be abandoned and forgotten altogether. At some point, however, I think cultural identity should yield to the more practical considerations of day to day life in a global society.
One need look no further than continental Europe to observe how people cling tenaciously to their distinct languages, despite the fact that there is no practical need for them anymore. And on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the French Canadians stubbornly insist on French as their official language, for the sole purpose of preserving their distinct cultural heritage. Even where no distinct language exists, people will invent one to gain a sense of cultural identity, as the emergence of the distinct Ebonics among today’s African Americans aptly illustrates. In short, people resist language assimilation because of a basic human need to be part of a distinct cultural group.
Another important reason to prevent the extinction of a language is to preserve the distinct ideas that only that particular language can convey. Certain Native American and Oriental languages, for instance, contain words symbolizing spiritual and other abstract concepts that only these cultures embrace. Thus, in some cases to lose a language would be to abandon cherished beliefs and ideas that can be conveyed only through language.
On the other hand, in today's high tech world of satellite communications, global mobility, and especially the internet, language barriers serve primarily to impede cross-cultural communication, which in turn impedes international commerce and trade. Moreover, language barriers naturally breed misunderstanding, a certain distrust and, as a result, discord and even war among nations. Moreover, in my view, the extinction of all but a few major languages is inexorable- as supported by the fact that the internet has adopted English as its official language. Thus by intervening to preserve a dying language a government might be deploying its resources to fight a losing battle, rather than more pressing social problems- such as hunger, homelessness, corruption, unemployment, disease and ignorance-that plague nearly every society today.
In sum, preserving an indigenous language is, admittedly a worthy goal; maintaining its own distinct language affords a people a sense of pride, dignity, and self-worth. Moreover, by preserving distinct language we honor a people's heritage, enhancing our understanding of history, and preserving some certain ideas that only some language conveys. Nevertheless, the economic and political drawbacks of language barriers outweigh the benefits of preserving a dying language. In the final analysis, government should devote its time and resources elsewhere, and leave it to the people themselves to take whatever steps are needed to preserve their own distinct languages.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 13, column 386, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Two successive sentences begin with the same adverb. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...lt, discord and even war among nations. Moreover, in my view, the extinction of all but ...
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Line 13, column 560, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...opted English as its official language. Thus by intervening to preserve a dying lang...
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Line 17, column 224, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'peoples'' or 'people's'?
Suggestion: peoples'; people's
...preserving distinct language we honor a peoples heritage, enhancing our understanding o...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, look, moreover, nevertheless, so, thus, for instance, i think, in short, such as, as a result, in my view, in some cases, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 19.5258426966 56% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 33.0505617978 79% => OK
Preposition: 53.0 58.6224719101 90% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2579.0 2235.4752809 115% => OK
No of words: 464.0 442.535393258 105% => OK
Chars per words: 5.55818965517 5.05705443957 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.64119157421 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.09963846613 2.79657885939 111% => OK
Unique words: 255.0 215.323595506 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549568965517 0.4932671777 111% => OK
syllable_count: 809.1 704.065955056 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 6.24550561798 32% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 10.0 4.38483146067 228% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.5211837496 60.3974514979 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.277777778 118.986275619 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.7777777778 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.72222222222 5.21951772744 167% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.236687423513 0.243740707755 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0827679972067 0.0831039109588 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0529094464843 0.0758088955206 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.134746787847 0.150359130593 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0333234855374 0.0667264976115 50% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.6 14.1392134831 124% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.64 48.8420337079 77% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 12.1743820225 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.26 12.1639044944 125% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.64 8.38706741573 115% => OK
difficult_words: 140.0 100.480337079 139% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.