Do you agree or disagree with the following statement The ability to maintain friendships with a small number of people over a long period of time is more important for happiness than the ability to make many new friends easily Use specific reasons and ex

No one, in his or her right mind, can deny the fact that humans are sociable beings and they need to belong to a group, whether family or friends. As to the quality of friendships, some people are of the opinion that one should maintain a small group of friends for a long period of time, while other people think otherwise. I, personally, subscribe to the former notion since by doing so one can rely on their friends in need and boost the state of their well-being.

First and foremost, evolution can perfectly explain why we need to make real friends on which our survival highly depends. In ancient times, individuals who had faced formidable difficulties and challenges could not survive on their own, as the likelihood of being eaten by an aggressive animal was high. Additionally, superficial friends and relationships did not motivate enough early humans to save others at the expense of their precious lives. Therefore, prehistoric people learned to ask for help from their true friends, and such crucial behavior has passed through genes to our generation. Thus, individuals who enjoy a profound relationship with their friends can easily ask them to help without any embarrassment, which is sadly lacking in shallow relationships.

Secondly, a strong bond with a few friends plays a significant role in boosting our happiness and well-being. Although enjoying many new friends sounds entertaining, people who have innumerable friends feel lonely, inasmuch as they are considered merely an acquaintance and do not really care about emotional needs. On the other hand, if one invests his or her time on maintaining a few friends, which is extremely energy-consuming, all their efforts would be paid off when they feel a great sense of satisfaction with sharing their moments, either joyful or tragic, with beloved friends.

With all the above-mentioned reasons taken into account, it stands to reason that the advantages of having a few quality friends for a long period of time during our lifespan outweigh the merits of having many, yet superficial friends.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: period
...ain a small group of friends for a long period of time, while other people think otherwise. I,...
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Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...having a few quality friends for a long period of time during our lifespan outweigh the merits...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, if, really, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, well, while, as to, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 15.1003584229 66% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 9.8082437276 102% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 13.8261648746 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.0286738351 91% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 43.0788530466 58% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 52.1666666667 92% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.0752688172 62% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1739.0 1977.66487455 88% => OK
No of words: 339.0 407.700716846 83% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.12979351032 4.8611393121 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.29091512845 4.48103885553 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.91925726554 2.67179642975 109% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 212.727598566 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.619469026549 0.524837075471 118% => OK
syllable_count: 513.9 618.680645161 83% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 9.59856630824 10% => OK
Article: 1.0 3.08781362007 32% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.51792114695 171% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.94265232975 101% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 20.6003584229 58% => 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: 28.0 20.1344086022 139% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 45.2968603278 48.9658058833 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 144.916666667 100.406767564 144% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.25 20.6045352989 137% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.91666666667 5.45110844103 145% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.5376344086 36% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 11.8709677419 93% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.85842293907 26% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.88709677419 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.193852057784 0.236089414692 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0709075859755 0.076458572812 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0572485980327 0.0737576698707 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.124451544301 0.150856017488 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0340296415965 0.0645574589148 53% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.9 11.7677419355 144% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.52 58.1214874552 89% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 6.10430107527 183% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 10.1575268817 128% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.77 10.9000537634 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.08 8.01818996416 113% => OK
difficult_words: 87.0 86.8835125448 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.002688172 130% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 10.0537634409 131% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.247311828 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.

So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:

reasons == advantages or

reasons == disadvantages

for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.


Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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