In any situation, progress requires discussion among people who have contrasting points of view.
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 statement asserts that in order to progress, people with opposing points of view must debate or discuss their ideas. Admittedly, a reasonable debate is the best way for opposing parties to understand each other's concerns, and possibly come to a solution that is beneficial for both. While I agree with this view, there are certain scenarios for which this view may not hold true.
The first perspective to take into account is the reasonable debate v/s futile arguments. Unless and until people with opposing viewpoints are willing to discuss their beliefs or concerns in a reasonable way with an open mind to welcome the ideas from the other side, there is no point in having any kind of discussion. For instance, consider television talk shows, especially with political leaders debating on some issue. Most such discussions start with both the parties doggedly trying to impose their beliefs onto others, and end up with even more discord than before and a complete waste of time and energy. A well-reasoned discussion is a must if the parties involved desire to agree at some point.
Secondly, one need not look at more than our daily life to find out examples indicating the importance of discussions to resolve a dispute. At an international level, consider countries with conflicts over trade, borders, or anything for that matter. What diplomats of such countries do is try to come to an accord with discussions, mainly to avoid war. Needless to say, how much money, infrastructure, and problems such as economic crisis are averted because of these discussions to avoid chaos. Similarly, a team of people working on a project in an organization often has internal conflicts. Though minor and sometimes insignificant, these conflicts are solved through discussions only.
Moreover, there are some pressing issues solved with the help of debates between parties of opposing viewpoints. For example, environmentalists, and corporate organizations or factory owners is the perfect example of parties often struggling to come to an agreement. It is only with discussions both parties can be sensitized to the concerns of the other - environmentalists to the economic and job losses related to concerns of corporations, and corporations to the importance of maintaining controlled emissions to save the environment.
In conclusion, it is true that having discussions is the best way for most of the issues involving parties with contrasting points of view. However, there are cases where these discussions may be counter-productive, especially when the dogmatic people with strict adherence to their beliefs are put to a discussion. Therefore, discussions suggested in the prompt must be well-reasoned with an open mind to have the desired results.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 189, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a reasonable way" with adverb for "reasonable"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...ng to discuss their beliefs or concerns in a reasonable way with an open mind to welcome the ideas ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, look, may, moreover, second, secondly, similarly, so, therefore, well, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, kind of, such as, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 33.0505617978 51% => OK
Preposition: 75.0 58.6224719101 128% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2326.0 2235.4752809 104% => OK
No of words: 440.0 442.535393258 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.28636363636 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.57997565096 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.11386337605 2.79657885939 111% => OK
Unique words: 236.0 215.323595506 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.536363636364 0.4932671777 109% => OK
syllable_count: 719.1 704.065955056 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.799032417 60.3974514979 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.3 118.986275619 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.0 23.4991977007 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.4 5.21951772744 161% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => 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: 0.239563761606 0.243740707755 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0781433748189 0.0831039109588 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0572177325232 0.0758088955206 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.146645007544 0.150359130593 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0671820680783 0.0667264976115 101% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 14.1392134831 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.8420337079 101% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.4 12.1639044944 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.82 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 114.0 100.480337079 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 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.