It has been said Not everything that is learned is contained in books Compare and contrast the knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books In your opinion which source is more important Why Use specific reasons and example to

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It has been said, "Not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and contrast the knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why? Use specific reasons and example to

Submitted by deens17 on Sat, 03/23/2013 - 20:34

As it is rightly said "knowledge is devine" and it is one of the most important factor in achieving your goals and ambitions. No matter which way you gain knowledge either through books or experience, learning from both is essential. Having said that, I feel learning from experience is more important than from books.

It is not necessary that one has to experience everything and also sometimes experiencing something could also prove to be time taking and tidius job. For example, if you want to gain knowledge about tallest Himalayan mountain and climate surrounding it, you don't have to trav...

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Sentence: It is not necessary that one has to experience everything and also sometimes experiencing something could also prove to be time taking and tidius job.
Error: tidius Suggestion: tedious

Sentence: To cite an example, just passed out doctor has to go through mandatory intership, irrespective of how brilliant a doctor might be acadmically,he cannot be expected to do surgeries straight away after completing the studies, he has to work under the guidance of experienced doctor as a trainee doctor for sometime, after gaining enough exposure over a period of time under able guidance, he will be able to do surgery as well.
Error: acadmically Suggestion: academically

Sentence: Here we can say that doctor's cannot acquire the expertise or specalisation without proper realtime experience.
Error: realtime Suggestion: No alternate word
Error: specalisation Suggestion: specialization

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No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 4 2
No. of Sentences: 9 15
No. of Words: 304 350
No. of Characters: 1512 1500
No. of Different Words: 174 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.176 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.974 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.755 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 117 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 88 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 65 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 48 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 33.778 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 21.933 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.667 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.434 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.684 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.223 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5