In some countries, many more people are choosing to live alone nowadays than in the past. Do you
think this is a positive or negative development?
In recent years it has become far more normal for people to live alone, particularly in large cities in the
developed world. In my opinion, this trend could have both positive and negative consequences in equal
measure.
The rise in one-person households can be seen as positive for both personal and broader economic
reasons. On an individual level, people who choose to live alone may become more independent and selfreliant
than those who live with family members. A young adult who lives alone, for example, will need to
learn to cook, clean, pay bills and manage his or her budget, all of which are valuable life skills; an
increase in the number of such individuals can certainly be seen as a positive development. From an
economic perspective, the trend towards living alone will result in greater demand for housing. This is
likely to benefit the construction industry, estate agents and a whole host of other companies that rely on
homeowners to buy their products or services.
However, the personal and economic arguments given above can be considered from the opposite angle.
Firstly, rather than the positive feeling of increased independence, people who live alone may experience
feelings of loneliness, isolation and worry. They miss out on the emotional support and daily conversation
that family or flatmates can provide, and they must bear the weight of all household bills and
responsibilities; in this sense, perhaps the trend towards living alone is a negative one. Secondly, from the
financial point of view, a rise in demand for housing is likely to push up property prices and rents. While
this may benefit some businesses, the general population, including those who live alone, will be faced
with rising living costs.
In conclusion, the increase in one-person households will have both beneficial and detrimental effects on
individuals and on the economy.
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- The plans below show a public park when it first opened in 1920 and the same park today 84
Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, while, for example, in conclusion, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 13.1623246493 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 7.85571142285 178% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 10.4138276553 154% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 15.0 24.0651302605 62% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 41.998997996 95% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1614.0 1615.20841683 100% => OK
No of words: 306.0 315.596192385 97% => OK
Chars per words: 5.27450980392 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18244613648 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80153622809 2.80592935109 100% => OK
Unique words: 173.0 176.041082164 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.565359477124 0.561755894193 101% => OK
syllable_count: 514.8 506.74238477 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 8.0 2.52805611222 316% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.5981484671 49.4020404114 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.153846154 106.682146367 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.5384615385 20.7667163134 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.0 7.06120827912 113% => OK
Paragraphs: 20.0 4.38176352705 456% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.67935871743 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.9879759519 176% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.218889518446 0.244688304435 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0770014652164 0.084324248473 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0644232201547 0.0667982634062 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0620499560152 0.151304729494 41% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0690798662457 0.056905535591 121% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.2 13.0946893788 116% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 50.2224549098 79% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.3001002004 119% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.58 12.4159519038 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.91 8.58950901804 104% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 78.4519038076 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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