When old buildings stand on ground that modern planners feel could be better used for modern purposes, modern development should be given precedence over the preservation of historic buildings.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
The charm and beauty of any town or city resides on its buildings. There is a reason why monuments have been recognised as heritage sites and wonders of the world- these have so much value besides standing the test of time. I disagree with the notion in the prompt that modern development must be given precedence over the preservation of historic buildings for the following three reasons.
To begin with, buildings and monuments are the identity of the place where it is situated. It would be incredulous to argue that modern development should take place by replacing the Taj Mahal or the Colosseum. These places hold a historical value to the place, and, moreover, they bring in a lot of revenue in the form of tourist attractions. They help promote cultural significance of the country. Future generations need to know about the various wonders that man has created, and it would be preposterous to suggest that such important buildings be taken down.
Furthermore, buildings are not just about the history of a place - they tell a lot about civilization as well. It is indeed incredible to be able to see the works of art built so assiduously by mankind. Such wonders never cease to amaze people. Knowing about the evolution of civilization can put things into perspective. Not only that, people can learn so much from their ancestors. To elucidate with example, India has many temples that are so ancient but have withstood floods and earthquakes without suffering damage for the most part. Most of the modern architects, in fact, should not be so flippant as to ignore the engineering marvels that stand upright after several cataclysms, both man-made and natural.
Another reason why modern planners should not be tearing down ancient buildings is because of what they want to create. The world is becoming extremely unpredictable. Governments these days want to build their towns and cities such that they have many high-rise buildings. Take, for example, the New York skyline. With the fast-pacing world, many nations want their buildings to be skyscrapers. It seems like there is not much room left for the planners' creativity, anyway. To create a world where all the roads and cities look alike, having no other purpose but to elicit income is extremely selfish.
Some may argue that there may be buildings which bring no revenue or value, and only exist as a symbol for something archaic. In such cases, it is very well to supersede the building with an architect's vision for something better. As stated before, in most cases it is imprudent to take down historical monuments in order to pave way for modern development. Thus, we can say that there should be no rule of thumb regarding replacing old buildings with modern ones as it is a complex issue, but for the majority of the cases, modern development should not be given precedence over the preservation of historic buildings.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion:
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Suggestion: argues
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
anyway, besides, but, furthermore, if, look, may, moreover, regarding, so, thus, well, as to, for example, in fact, in most cases, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 33.0505617978 97% => OK
Preposition: 67.0 58.6224719101 114% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2412.0 2235.4752809 108% => OK
No of words: 488.0 442.535393258 110% => OK
Chars per words: 4.94262295082 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.70007681154 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72215870228 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 252.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.516393442623 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 744.3 704.065955056 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 49.429481776 60.3974514979 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.7692307692 118.986275619 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.7692307692 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.53846153846 5.21951772744 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
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: 0.333305792445 0.243740707755 137% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0799508451129 0.0831039109588 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0958652464382 0.0758088955206 126% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.192915425583 0.150359130593 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0891364131109 0.0667264976115 134% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.2 14.1392134831 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.37 12.1639044944 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.83 8.38706741573 93% => OK
difficult_words: 102.0 100.480337079 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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