Claim: Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive.
Reason: It is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
Any country primarily consists of two types of regions: rural and urban. The urban areas comprise of the big cities with their fast-paced and happening lifestyles whereas the rural areas represent austerity and a relatively laidback and peaceful lifestyle amidst the farms and tranches. Both of these facets, despite in a stark contrast to each other, are equally important for the well-being and prosperity of a country. I agree with the fact that the governments must ensure that the major cities are well-funded for their operations, however I don't condone the reason that has been provided in the statement. I present reasons in favor of the claim followed by the reasons that repudiate the reason.
For most countries, a majority of the population resides in its major cities. It has been estimated that in India, about 65% of the population resides in urban areas, and the contribution of the top 5 cities in terms of GDP is a whopping 75%. These are not the numbers to be brushed aside, and they show how important the well functioning of the cities is for the progress of a country. Most of the major companies, industries and educational institutes are based in urban areas. If the infrastructure of the cities is not well maintained, then the activities being conducted in these areas will not be able to run as smoothly as they should, thereby affecting the economy severely. Therefore, to keep the cities up and running at all times, necessary funds should be timely alloted to them.
Big cities also represent diversity. If we compare the demographics of major cities to that of the villages or the countryside, we will find that a larger variety of people, from various backgrounds and countries reside in the cities, whereas a majority of the population of the villages comprises of the indigenous people. The foreign visitors, therefore, will judge and assess a place or a country on the basis of its cities. Now, a good impression on the visitors will be conducive for the improvement of foreign trade of a country, which again is crucial for its progress and development as it brings a lot more funds as well as services to a country. This also improves the standard of living of the public as well as exposes them to a myriad of international products, making the population more erudite. This shows that it is vital for the cities to be well burnished for which the necessary funds will be required.
However, to say that it is the cities that primarily preserve and generate a nation's culture would be incorrect. Contradictory to that, I believe that it is actually the villages that do so. Before the industrial revolution, all the countries were separated and little contact with each other. Therefore, each of them had characteristics and traits that were local to them. However, the globalization brought the world together and people started travelling cross-countries much more than they did before. Despite the increased travel resulting in a more heterogenous population in many parts of the world, this trend was mostly limited to the big cities. This had a huge impact on the cultures of these cities, as people became more sophisticated so as to accomodate their companions foreign to their culture. In a way, the local culture got slightly muted in the process. However, the culture didn't get completely eradicated, it only reduced to the amount such that it makes the cities more inclusive as well as such that cities across the countries have their own flavors, so as to say. It is mostly the rural areas in which the original culture is still practiced in its full glory, with small quantities of it seeping into the cities to keep the beautiful equilibrium intact.
Therefore, even though I whole-heartedly agree that the cities should recieve adequate funds, to claim that they are primarily responsible for the propagation of culture would be grossly incorrect.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 90, Rule ID: COMPRISE_OF[1]
Message: Did you mean 'comprise' or 'consist of'?
Suggestion: comprise; consist of
...gions: rural and urban. The urban areas comprise of the big cities with their fast-paced an...
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Line 1, column 425, Rule ID: AGREE_WITH_THE_FACT[1]
Message: Use simply 'agree that'.
Suggestion: agree that
...ll-being and prosperity of a country. I agree with the fact that the governments must ensure that the ma...
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Line 1, column 548, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...-funded for their operations, however I dont condone the reason that has been provid...
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Line 9, column 289, Rule ID: COMPRISES_OF[1]
Message: Did you mean 'comprises' or 'consists of'?
Suggestion: comprises; consists of
...ority of the population of the villages comprises of the indigenous people. The foreign visi...
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Line 13, column 749, Rule ID: SO_AS_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
...es, as people became more sophisticated so as to accomodate their companions foreign to ...
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Line 13, column 896, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...ed in the process. However, the culture didnt get completely eradicated, it only redu...
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Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
...s the countries have their own flavors, so as to say. It is mostly the rural areas in wh...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, however, if, so, still, then, therefore, well, whereas, as to, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 29.0 19.5258426966 149% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 21.0 11.3162921348 186% => OK
Pronoun: 59.0 33.0505617978 179% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 85.0 58.6224719101 145% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3264.0 2235.4752809 146% => OK
No of words: 657.0 442.535393258 148% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.96803652968 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.06280665599 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84931506849 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 303.0 215.323595506 141% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.461187214612 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1028.7 704.065955056 146% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 10.0 4.38483146067 228% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 58.6649405957 60.3974514979 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.571428571 118.986275619 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.4642857143 23.4991977007 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.35714285714 5.21951772744 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.83258426966 248% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.218852385803 0.243740707755 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0601090017216 0.0831039109588 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0567528186023 0.0758088955206 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.134400767261 0.150359130593 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0353313011871 0.0667264976115 53% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.7 14.1392134831 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.8420337079 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.84 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 169.0 100.480337079 168% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 11.8971910112 122% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6
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