Some people consider computers to be more of a hindrance than a help. Others believe that they have greatly increased human potential.
How could computers be considered a hindrance?
People have different views about how computers have affected people’s lives. While there are some good convincing arguments in favour of the contention that these devices are less likely to help, while I believe that they have given us great efficiency.
On one side of the argument, people contend that computers are rather harmful, especially to children. The main problem of computers is that they can adversely affect children’s literature skills. Many children spend their time playing games, watching videos and interact with friends through their computers, and this will lead them to ...
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playing games, watching videos and interact with friends
playing games, watching videos and interacting with friends
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Score: 7.5 out of 9
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 18 15
No. of Words: 357 350
No. of Characters: 1868 1500
No. of Different Words: 205 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.347 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.232 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.728 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 142 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 112 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 77 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 50 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 19.833 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.809 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.5 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.312 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.479 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.109 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5