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.
Culture can be defined as arts, customs, ideals and social behavior of a group of people or society. The author claims that governments should ensure enough financial support to their mega cities for them to survive for the reason that it is primarily in big cities that a country's major cultural traditions are preserved and generated. While it is true that some major cities round the globe boast rich cultural heritage and some act as stage for cultural exhibition thereby needing financial support to thrive. The author’s reasoning is an overt generalization of the role of cities in cultural preservation and generation.
Verily, many famous cities rose to prominence primarily due to their aesthetic, architectural or historical legacy. For example, while every nook and corner of the city of Rome speaks about the bygone Roman architecture, the tower of London and London Bridge reveal much about the British history. Moreover, metropolitans also serve as a platform to project a nation’s aesthetic and literary accomplishments to the visitors through theatres, museums, etc. because their operation and maintenance require capital as well as big market which may be lacking in rural or smaller cities. For instance, musicians from all the part of the country gather a big opera to give a taste of folk music; libraries provide avenues to showcase scholarly work, painters showcase their talent in art galleries and so on. While these points of attraction generate revenues through tourism, government funding is warranted for preservation of these buildings and architecture for they contribute heavily to the local economy.
However, beyond this concession the author’s reasoning and hence claim are disputable. Firstly, these aesthetic cultural aspects are not confined to city limits. There exist many towns and regions of cultural and historical repute which either due to connectivity, preservation or geographical size couldn’t evolve into cities such as highlands in Scotland, Cotswolds in England, etc. The government must therefore assure these heritage sites are provided necessary funding for their maintenance. Secondly, culture is not limited to the artistic heritage of a country. The other aspects such as occupation, social behavior, ideals, and customs are more visible in the villages and smaller towns. This is especially true when the demographics distribution of a country is concentrated in the rural areas. For example, India is agrarian country with a big chunk of population having traditional occupation of farm related activities. Similarly, there are myriad other professions such as lock making, handicrafts, handloom weaving, hand-made leather footwear which flourish in some smaller traditional towns. Without government aid these professions may die out and the artisans may then flock to cities in search of other livelihood opportunities.
Moreover, contrary to the author’s reasoning, modernization has a greater influence on a city’s native culture compared to villages. Classical theatre shows get replaced by multiplexes, fast-food restaurant take over traditional cuisine, etc. People busy to earn their livelihood, either due to professional requirement or lack of time, pay little attention to their cultural traditions. While they may exhibit some essence of their customs and ideals, such practices are more common and pristine in the villages or towns they come from. In Mumbai, for instance, professionals belonging to villages usually don corporate or casual wears even though their traditional attire happens to ‘dhoti’ or ‘saree’ (the former is draped around the waist and the latter around body).
Therefore, in metropolis, more than cultural protection, the limited government resources must be directed towards other important areas like health, education, employment, etc. This may relieve the diverse group of people there from financial and social apprehensions which in turn can help them focus on their cultural traditions. Moreover, other intangible aspects of a culture like values, beliefs, customs, social behavior etc. are naturally inherited from one generation to the other and can only be protected through spending on education and propagation.
In conclusion, some cities boast about the artistic cultural heritage and hence require financial aid from the government for preservation of their legacy. However, the customary, social, occupational and other aspects of culture are more visible in their historical source i.e. small towns and villages. Modernization of cities also results in dilution of national culture let alone preservation and generation. Therefore, government must ensure that both cities and villages get financial support they require to flourish and hence preserve their cultural traditions.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 451, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... the visitors through theatres, museums, etc. because their operation and mainten...
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Line 5, column 730, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'demographics'' or 'demographic's'?
Suggestion: demographics'; demographic's
...towns. This is especially true when the demographics distribution of a country is concentrat...
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Line 7, column 771, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...d the waist and the latter around body. Therefore, in metropolis, more than cult...
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Line 11, column 513, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'flourishing'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'require' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: flourishing
...ages get financial support they require to flourish and hence preserve their cultural tradi...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, however, may, moreover, second, secondly, similarly, so, then, therefore, well, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, as well as, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 36.0 14.8657303371 242% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 33.0505617978 106% => OK
Preposition: 92.0 58.6224719101 157% => OK
Nominalization: 37.0 12.9106741573 287% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 4101.0 2235.4752809 183% => OK
No of words: 723.0 442.535393258 163% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.67219917012 5.05705443957 112% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.18542759274 4.55969084622 114% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96550442692 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 359.0 215.323595506 167% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.496542185339 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 1283.4 704.065955056 182% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 33.0 20.2370786517 163% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.7056898793 60.3974514979 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.272727273 118.986275619 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9090909091 23.4991977007 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.87878787879 5.21951772744 113% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.2758426966 175% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => 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: 0.393383092758 0.243740707755 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0948629057363 0.0831039109588 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0977934101377 0.0758088955206 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.219598093616 0.150359130593 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.128275299039 0.0667264976115 192% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.2 14.1392134831 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 33.24 48.8420337079 68% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 12.1743820225 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.61 12.1639044944 128% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.44 8.38706741573 113% => OK
difficult_words: 218.0 100.480337079 217% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 451, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... the visitors through theatres, museums, etc. because their operation and mainten...
^^
Line 5, column 730, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'demographics'' or 'demographic's'?
Suggestion: demographics'; demographic's
...towns. This is especially true when the demographics distribution of a country is concentrat...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 771, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...d the waist and the latter around body. Therefore, in metropolis, more than cult...
^^^^^
Line 11, column 513, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'flourishing'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'require' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: flourishing
...ages get financial support they require to flourish and hence preserve their cultural tradi...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, however, may, moreover, second, secondly, similarly, so, then, therefore, well, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, as well as, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 36.0 14.8657303371 242% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 33.0505617978 106% => OK
Preposition: 92.0 58.6224719101 157% => OK
Nominalization: 37.0 12.9106741573 287% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 4101.0 2235.4752809 183% => OK
No of words: 723.0 442.535393258 163% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.67219917012 5.05705443957 112% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.18542759274 4.55969084622 114% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96550442692 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 359.0 215.323595506 167% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.496542185339 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 1283.4 704.065955056 182% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 33.0 20.2370786517 163% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.7056898793 60.3974514979 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.272727273 118.986275619 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9090909091 23.4991977007 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.87878787879 5.21951772744 113% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.2758426966 175% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => 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: 0.393383092758 0.243740707755 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0948629057363 0.0831039109588 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0977934101377 0.0758088955206 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.219598093616 0.150359130593 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.128275299039 0.0667264976115 192% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.2 14.1392134831 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 33.24 48.8420337079 68% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 12.1743820225 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.61 12.1639044944 128% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.44 8.38706741573 113% => OK
difficult_words: 218.0 100.480337079 217% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.