TPO-12 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Some people think It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject. I agree with this statement up to a certain age which is high school age, that way students can make an informed decision of which field they really like and can be good at. However, at college, I think it is better to specialize in one specific subject for the following reasons

First, Focusing on one academic subject gives the student the time to read more and do more research in this specific subject. That way he or she can get more deeper into that subject. If they are focusing on many subjects they can not have the time or the ability to go deeper into any of these subjects. For example a lawyer or a law student needs to have the knowledge about the laws in general but after couple of years at school he or she needs to be good at one specific subject such as crime, immigration or business and more, that way he or she can work on that specific field and be an expert in it.

Second, No one can be good and professional at everything, Focusing on one academic subject help the person to get more experience in his work field and that way he or she can serve the community in a better way. For example, In the medical field we have the family doctor who can treat the whole body but when things get complicated the family doctor transfer the patient to a specialist that is because the specialist has more experience with that specific disease and can help the patient in a better way.

In conclusion, Broad knowledge is definetly needed for everyone but by the time the student grows up and knows which subject he can be good at, that is when specializing is better that broad knowledge in order to serve the community better.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 156, Rule ID: MOST_COMPARATIVE[2]
Message: Use only 'deeper' (without 'more') when you use the comparative.
Suggestion: deeper
...fic subject. That way he or she can get more deeper into that subject. If they are focusing...
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Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'first', 'however', 'if', 'really', 'second', 'so', 'for example', 'i think', 'in conclusion', 'in general', 'such as']

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.239884393064 0.229887763892 104% => OK
Verbs: 0.135838150289 0.158761421928 86% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0953757225434 0.0866891130778 110% => OK
Adverbs: 0.028901734104 0.046263068375 62% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0549132947977 0.0685040099705 80% => OK
Prepositions: 0.121387283237 0.118717715034 102% => OK
Participles: 0.0173410404624 0.0351676179071 49% => Some participles wanted.
Conjunctions: 2.41094147369 2.67179642975 90% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0317919075145 0.0309702414327 103% => OK
Particles: 0.0028901734104 0.00188951952338 153% => OK
Determiners: 0.115606936416 0.0887237588012 130% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.028901734104 0.0209618222197 138% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0202312138728 0.0139019557991 146% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1778.0 2387.08602151 74% => OK
No of words: 326.0 408.028673835 80% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.45398773006 5.86048508987 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24917287072 4.48200974243 95% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.282208588957 0.338922669872 83% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.211656441718 0.251872472559 84% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.150306748466 0.174417080927 86% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.0674846625767 0.112833075102 60% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.41094147369 2.67179642975 90% => OK
Unique words: 141.0 212.727598566 66% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.432515337423 0.524397521467 82% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Word variations: 42.7837155918 59.2087087015 72% => OK
How many sentences: 9.0 20.6684587814 44% => More sentences wanted.
Sentence length: 36.2222222222 20.5533526081 176% => OK
Sentence length SD: 78.5875308176 48.84282405 161% => OK
Chars per sentence: 197.555555556 120.699889404 164% => OK
Words per sentence: 36.2222222222 20.5533526081 176% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.33333333333 0.644075263715 207% => Less Discourse Markers wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.5376344086 88% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.54480286738 18% => OK
Readability: 57.387866394 45.7405998639 125% => OK
Elegance: 1.72368421053 1.45489161554 118% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.408306817171 0.300154397459 136% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.20471983249 0.103427244359 198% => Sentence is so close to another sentence.
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.117543629137 0.0752933317313 156% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.671072973749 0.497263757937 135% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.16713455929 0.151897553556 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.234004607273 0.114077575197 205% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.140569956526 0.0781384742642 180% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.426574984849 0.336927656856 127% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0772981943621 0.067059652881 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.305320817197 0.210909579961 145% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.103735594123 0.0618886996521 168% => OK

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 11.8870967742 59% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.86379928315 26% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.91756272401 20% => More neutral sentences wanted.
Positive topic words: 7.0 8.42114695341 83% => OK
Negative topic words: 1.0 2.4623655914 41% => OK
Neutral topic words: 1.0 2.75985663082 36% => OK
Total topic words: 9.0 13.6433691756 66% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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Focusing on one academic subject help the person
Focusing on one academic subject helps the person

Sentence: In conclusion, Broad knowledge is definetly needed for everyone but by the time the student grows up and knows which subject he can be good at, that is when specializing is better that broad knowledge in order to serve the community better.
Error: definetly Suggestion: definitely

flaws:
1. No. of Different Words: 137 200 //follow this user by three reasons to have more different words:
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2. You may put one more paragraph to compare:
Admittedly, there are some advantages of side B (have broad knowledge of many academic subjects). first,....second...However, there is no causation/relation... Still I support side A (specialize in one specific subject), ...first,....second...

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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 20 in 30
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 1 2
No. of Sentences: 10 15
No. of Words: 326 350
No. of Characters: 1418 1500
No. of Different Words: 137 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.249 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.35 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.368 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 90 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 67 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 43 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 21 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 32.6 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 15.121 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.8 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.468 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.693 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.24 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5