Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is more important to keep your old friends than it is to make new friends

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

It is more important to keep your old friends than it is to make new friends.

There is a saying in ancient time "old is gold". I personally, believe that it is more valuable to keep our old friends rather then making new friends. I feel this way for two main reasons, which i will explore in the following essay.

To begin with, old friends will know and understand us far more better than the new friends, which makes us feel more safe and supportive. I have a friend who was staying a few miles away from my apartment. I have known her more than 15 years. She knowns all my secret, weakness and my strength, same as i do of he. But after high school i move down town to a new place and there i met a girl name Su. She was kind soul person. However, one day while coming back from class i notice a group of boys was following me. I immediately dial her number, i was in shock and couldnt think of dialing police number. The respond she gave was sorry i am busy in the party with others. So if i would not met her i will never know how precious old friends are i always get back.

Secondly, sharing secrets of each other is the most valuable things in the friendship because people can't keep others secret for a longer period of time. It determines how faithful and trustworthy you are as person. My friend experiences is a compelling example of this. It was about a year ago, when she joined a new company. She was the only girl from her village working in that company. Her college classmate was working there too. After few months she became too close with her that they used to share about their work, and everything. They even knows each others password of desktop. One fine day, when there was a promotion presentation for the best employee, her new friend stab a knife behind her, stealing all her data for the presentation. She even spread all her secrets to all the employees. At last, my friend lost her job and she went into depression for a year. This example illustrates that we cannot trust new friend even though they seem to be very kind from outside.

In the conclusion, i strongly believe that old friends are precious than new one. This is because we always have their back when in trouble, and because

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 138, Rule ID: RATHER_THEN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'than'? 'than' is used for comparisons, 'then' is an expression of time.
Suggestion: than
...valuable to keep our old friends rather then making new friends. I feel this way for...
^^^^
Line 1, column 207, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...el this way for two main reasons, which i will explore in the following essay. ...
^
Line 3, column 60, Rule ID: MOST_COMPARATIVE[2]
Message: Use only 'better' (without 'more') when you use the comparative.
Suggestion: better
...friends will know and understand us far more better than the new friends, which makes us fe...
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Line 3, column 305, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...cret, weakness and my strength, same as i do of he. But after high school i move ...
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Line 3, column 339, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...me as i do of he. But after high school i move down town to a new place and there...
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Line 3, column 381, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...move down town to a new place and there i met a girl name Su. She was kind soul p...
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Line 3, column 475, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...r, one day while coming back from class i notice a group of boys was following me...
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Line 3, column 549, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...wing me. I immediately dial her number, i was in shock and couldnt think of diali...
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Line 3, column 568, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: couldn't
...ely dial her number, i was in shock and couldnt think of dialing police number. The res...
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Line 3, column 608, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...couldnt think of dialing police number. The respond she gave was sorry i am busy in the par...
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Line 3, column 639, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
... number. The respond she gave was sorry i am busy in the party with others. So if...
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Line 3, column 675, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[3]
Message: “So if” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...rry i am busy in the party with others. So if i would not met her i will never know h...
^^^^^
Line 3, column 681, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...am busy in the party with others. So if i would not met her i will never know how...
^
Line 3, column 693, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'would' requires the base form of the verb: 'meet'
Suggestion: meet
...he party with others. So if i would not met her i will never know how precious old ...
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Line 3, column 701, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
... with others. So if i would not met her i will never know how precious old friend...
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Line 5, column 102, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...things in the friendship because people cant keep others secret for a longer period ...
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Line 5, column 139, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...le cant keep others secret for a longer period of time. It determines how faithful and trustwo...
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Line 5, column 552, Rule ID: NON3PRS_VERB[2]
Message: The pronoun 'They' must be used with a non-third-person form of a verb: 'know'
Suggestion: know
...t their work, and everything. They even knows each others password of desktop. One fi...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 563, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'others'' or 'other's'?
Suggestion: others'; other's
...k, and everything. They even knows each others password of desktop. One fine day, when...
^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, second, secondly, so, then, while, i feel, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 15.1003584229 126% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 9.8082437276 51% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 13.8261648746 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.0286738351 100% => OK
Pronoun: 65.0 43.0788530466 151% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 37.0 52.1666666667 71% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.0752688172 50% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1765.0 1977.66487455 89% => OK
No of words: 400.0 407.700716846 98% => OK
Chars per words: 4.4125 4.8611393121 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.472135955 4.48103885553 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.37276078651 2.67179642975 89% => OK
Unique words: 218.0 212.727598566 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.545 0.524837075471 104% => OK
syllable_count: 527.4 618.680645161 85% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.3 1.51630824373 86% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 20.0 9.59856630824 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 1.0 3.08781362007 32% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.86738351254 161% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.94265232975 81% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.6003584229 126% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 20.1344086022 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 31.6963449632 48.9658058833 65% => OK
Chars per sentence: 67.8846153846 100.406767564 68% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.3846153846 20.6045352989 75% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.84615384615 5.45110844103 52% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 19.0 5.5376344086 343% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 11.8709677419 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.88709677419 184% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.243814699856 0.236089414692 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.068129113794 0.076458572812 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0797757238493 0.0737576698707 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.170422470493 0.150856017488 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0466706165956 0.0645574589148 72% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 7.0 11.7677419355 59% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 81.63 58.1214874552 140% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 5.6 10.1575268817 55% => Flesch kincaid grade is low.
coleman_liau_index: 7.71 10.9000537634 71% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 6.47 8.01818996416 81% => OK
difficult_words: 53.0 86.8835125448 61% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 10.002688172 60% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.0537634409 80% => OK
text_standard: 6.0 10.247311828 59% => The average readability is low. Need to imporve the language.
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: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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