Task 2: Many people now use written language in a less formal and more relaxed way than in the past. Why is this the case? Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?
It is obvious that these days, formal written language has fallen by the wayside and become less necessary when compared to the past. While this tendency can be attributed to several factors, I firmly believe that its drawbacks outweigh the benefits.
There are at least two main reasons why fewer people are concentrating on formal written language. Firstly, the digital revolution has had a major influence. The rapid development of several social networking sites has promoted instant communication, in which people are likely to spend more time on text messaging or video calls when compared to letter-writing to communicate with others. These technological advances are usually used even when people are on the move, so it is compatible with conventional ways of writing. Secondly, with the growth of global markets and communication, more and more people are sending written messages without using their first languages. Thus, due to the lack of vocabulary in the second language, people cannot be expected to adhere to all rules for formal written etiquette.
Meanwhile, although this trend can provide some important advantages, I would argue they are outweighed by the disadvantages. On the one hand, having a laid-back attitude to the formalities of written language can help people save more time when communicating with each other. If this new custom is welcomed change, message texting can become faster and simpler. On the other hand, however, when formal expression is made obsolete, then it would become more challenging for several people to understand many formal things such as legal documents or coping with bureaucratic tasks. Furthermore, this problem can also shrink the range of vocabulary of individuals, consequently leading to the gradual disappearance of the diversity of languages from numerous parts of the world.
In conclusion, the lack of attention on formal writing can be ascribed to several factors. While in some situations it is clearly for the better, as far as I am concerned, the drawbacks still outweigh the benefits.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 215, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... drawbacks still outweigh the benefits.
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, second, secondly, so, still, then, thus, while, at least, in conclusion, such as, by the way, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 24.0651302605 75% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 41.998997996 105% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1739.0 1615.20841683 108% => OK
No of words: 326.0 315.596192385 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.33435582822 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24917287072 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.94723983848 2.80592935109 105% => OK
Unique words: 193.0 176.041082164 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.592024539877 0.561755894193 105% => OK
syllable_count: 548.1 506.74238477 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 2.10420841683 285% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.4641319251 49.4020404114 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.933333333 106.682146367 109% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.7333333333 20.7667163134 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.8666666667 7.06120827912 168% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.274878928959 0.244688304435 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.084248774815 0.084324248473 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0417447633597 0.0667982634062 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.150342269509 0.151304729494 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0614503662003 0.056905535591 108% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 13.0946893788 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.63 12.4159519038 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.18 8.58950901804 107% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 78.4519038076 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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