Claim: Knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today.
Reason: We are not able to make connections between current events and past events until we have some distance from both.
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.
The study of history is thought to be helpful since it can help people from obviating the pitfalls of the precedents. However, people tend to be nearsighted to discern the relationships of the past and the present. Still, overlooking the past would be pernicious since there are knowledges of the past which possess value regardless of the current status, and it still helps preventing repetitive mistakes.
Admittedly, humans are myopic and tend to focus only on the current status. People's characteristics do not change through history: avarice is one of the perpetual traits of humans and it has caused countless issues throughout the human history. Therefore, the knowledge about the past would be futile because people will likely focus on their current situations rather that searching for connections to the past. For instance, the WW2 occurred even though the nations of the time were well aware of the consequences of the WW1. From this, we can assert that people will overlook the past even though the relationships seem patent.
Nevertheless, indifference to the past knowledge would itself be dangerous. The information of the past is so vast because of the prolonged time of accumulation. Disciplines such as mathematics or medicine today would have not been possible if it wasn't for the precedent's inquiry into the subject. For instance, the DongIBoGam, a Korean medicine book is still used as a source of information in the traditional medical center which is a still welcomed practice. All in all, the past knowledge may be a stepping stone to the present and provides invaluable information.
Finally, the knowledge of the history may help precluding from making costly mistakes. There are situations where the outcomes of a historical event is so prominent - either in a good way or bad - that the establishment of a relationship is impossible to miss. For instance, the US's attack on Hiroshima using the atomic bombs were so cataclysmic that the world were alerted by the impact of these mass destructions. After the incident, world leaders are prudent on the development and utilization of the atomic weapons which is lesson learnt from the past events.
In conclusion, even though some characteristics of humans hamper the comprehension of the relationship between the past and the present, the history can not only provide information that may be of great use, but also prevent humans from making similar mistakes of the past.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 376, Rule ID: ADVISE_VBG[5]
Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to prevent' or 'prevent'.
Suggestion: to prevent; prevent
... the current status, and it still helps preventing repetitive mistakes. Admittedly, h...
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Line 5, column 481, Rule ID: WERE_VBB[1]
Message: Did you mean 'where' or 'we'?
Suggestion: where; we
...red even though the nations of the time were well aware of the consequences of the W...
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Line 9, column 248, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: wasn't
...oday would have not been possible if it wasnt for the precedents inquiry into the sub...
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Line 9, column 262, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'precedents'' or 'precedent's'?
Suggestion: precedents'; precedent's
...e not been possible if it wasnt for the precedents inquiry into the subject. For instance,...
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Line 13, column 48, Rule ID: ADVISE_VBG[5]
Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to preclude' or 'preclude'.
Suggestion: to preclude; preclude
..., the knowledge of the history may help precluding from making costly mistakes. There are ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, however, if, look, may, nevertheless, so, still, therefore, well, for instance, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 14.0 33.0505617978 42% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2072.0 2235.4752809 93% => OK
No of words: 398.0 442.535393258 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.20603015075 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.46653527281 4.55969084622 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99914050188 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 204.0 215.323595506 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.51256281407 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 633.6 704.065955056 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 6.24550561798 16% => OK
Article: 10.0 4.99550561798 200% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.0705274749 60.3974514979 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.111111111 118.986275619 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.1111111111 23.4991977007 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.77777777778 5.21951772744 130% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 10.2758426966 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.227215150285 0.243740707755 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.069404741518 0.0831039109588 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0487595030531 0.0758088955206 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.12639984818 0.150359130593 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0266327588962 0.0667264976115 40% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.2 14.1392134831 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.8420337079 101% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.94 12.1639044944 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.7 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 100.480337079 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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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.