Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Playing sports teaches people lessons about life.

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Playing sports teaches people lessons about life.

Why do people play sports? I used to think that health and entertainment are the main causes,

but more and more I realize that sports can actually serve as powerful lessons as I now involve

myself in it often enough.

One important life lesson I learned from sport games is that it is not always better to win.

Normally, people take winning in a competition as something worth celebrating, but my

experiences of playing sports with friends and families let me know that what matters the most

when playing games with them is to have a good time together. Sometimes, we even need to

deliberately lose the game in order to cheer others up. A person who is addicted to the feeling of

being superior all the time is unlikely to have anyone close to him or her.

Another important principle I figured out by playing sports is that if we want to be trusted, we

need to have faith in others first. We all have seen people complaining that they are not given

the opportunities to do something they can, and a lot of them tend to blame it on the jealousy of

others, but when I played basketball with some strangers on the court, I realized if I chose to

believe that a person could score and thus passed him the ball, the person would also be willing

to count on me when I had the chance. Simply put, people treat us the way we treat them.

While many claim that they are too busy to participate in physical activity, I actually find it quite

effective in helping me make good use of my time. With the proper amount of weight training

and cardiovascular training, my brain gets some very good rest and my body becomes way

more energetic, which is why I have even higher work efficiency after going to the gym. The

hours I spend there could totally be compensated because I will get more work done within a

shorter time. This lesson, however, is unlikely to be learned without getting any workouts.

One of the greatest things about life is that there are lessons to be taken everywhere. If we

keep that in mind, then we will realize that we are making discoveries even when we do not

intend to do so.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: Myself
... as powerful lessons as I now involve myself in it often enough. One important lif...
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...et me know that what matters the most when playing games with them is to have a go...
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...et me know that what matters the most when playing games with them is to have a go...
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... together. Sometimes, we even need to deliberately lose the game in order to cheer others ...
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...son who is addicted to the feeling of being superior all the time is unlikely to ha...
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... is that if we want to be trusted, we need to have faith in others first. We all h...
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...all, the person would also be willing to count on me when I had the chance. Simp...
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...treat us the way we treat them. While many claim that they are too busy to participate i...
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...ery good rest and my body becomes way more energetic, which is why I have even hig...
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...se I will get more work done within a shorter time. This lesson, however, is unlikely...
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...ere are lessons to be taken everywhere. If we keep that in mind, then we will re...
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...aking discoveries even when we do not intend to do so.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, if, so, then, thus, while

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 15.1003584229 132% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 9.8082437276 92% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 13.8261648746 80% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.0286738351 154% => OK
Pronoun: 56.0 43.0788530466 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 49.0 52.1666666667 94% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 8.0752688172 25% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1769.0 1977.66487455 89% => OK
No of words: 387.0 407.700716846 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.57105943152 4.8611393121 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.43534841618 4.48103885553 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.46960841847 2.67179642975 92% => OK
Unique words: 211.0 212.727598566 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.545219638243 0.524837075471 104% => OK
syllable_count: 545.4 618.680645161 88% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.51630824373 92% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 9.59856630824 94% => OK
Article: 4.0 3.08781362007 130% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.86738351254 268% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.94265232975 40% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 20.6003584229 73% => 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: 25.0 20.1344086022 124% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 89.8716615823 48.9658058833 184% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.933333333 100.406767564 117% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.8 20.6045352989 125% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.13333333333 5.45110844103 76% => OK
Paragraphs: 23.0 4.53405017921 507% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 13.0 5.5376344086 235% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 11.8709677419 101% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.85842293907 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.88709677419 61% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.194786235255 0.236089414692 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0777787389074 0.076458572812 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0872567113 0.0737576698707 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0530796449834 0.150856017488 35% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0553039232334 0.0645574589148 86% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 11.7677419355 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 63.02 58.1214874552 108% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 10.1575268817 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.52 10.9000537634 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.28 8.01818996416 91% => OK
difficult_words: 59.0 86.8835125448 68% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.002688172 140% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.0537634409 119% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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