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 examples to support your answer.
Regarding the issue of whether the ability to maintain friendships with a few people during a long time is more important for happiness than the ability to make friends easily, different people hold divergent opinions. Some would maintain the ability to make new friends is more critical because it provides you continuous different exposing to various people. I partly agree with their notions. However, from my point of view, I attach greater importance for the ability to keep friendships in small circles for a long time.
Firstly, the friendships with a small number of people gives you a feeling of safe and intimate because you know each other well. When you are exposed to a large group of people, it is impossible for you to make interactions with everyone which can lead the the fact that you don't even know your friend's habits even though you are friends. Consider my own experience which can shed some light on this issue. Mike and Glenn, the two of my best friends, we are so intimate because we shared the time in the same classroom during the six years in middle and high school. The long time period of life and study made us link firmly. I always feel so safe and sound even during the most hard time because of the existence of other two people. The friendships just gives me endless strength and brave through the dark period of my life.
Secondly, you are more accessible to succeed within a small network circle existing for a long time.The success brings happiness for you. As a saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed. Normally, a common friend won't devote all of himself to help you out, that's to say, you have to face dilemma yourself. But if you have really some good friends for a long time, they can be the last straw for you. According to a survey conducted by Beijing University in China, more than 70 percent of the people who create their own business have gained the support from less than 5 friends, and nearly all of the friendships had existed over 3 years.
It is undeniable that someone persists that making new friends brings your more happiness because of the different perspectives from others. But when no one is willing to push you out from a swap, you will know it is useless to make new friends without even the basic knowing of others.
To sum up, whereas there is an argument for the importance for happiness of the ability to make many new friends, namely having more perspectives from othres, feeling safe and sound, coupled with more chances to succeed, makes a strong case for the more importance for happiness of ability to maintain friendships with a small number of people over a long period of time.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 31, Rule ID: SMALL_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, use 'a few', or use 'some'
Suggestion: a few; some
... time. Firstly, the friendships with a small number of people gives you a feeling of safe and ...
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Line 3, column 255, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...teractions with everyone which can lead the the fact that you dont even know your frien...
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Line 3, column 255, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...teractions with everyone which can lead the the fact that you dont even know your frien...
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Line 3, column 277, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...ne which can lead the the fact that you dont even know your friends habits even thou...
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Line 5, column 101, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: The
...network circle existing for a long time.The success brings happiness for you. As a ...
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Line 5, column 264, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: that's
... devote all of himself to help you out, thats to say, you have to face dilemma yourse...
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Line 5, column 597, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...rt from less than 5 friends, and nearly all of the friendships had existed over 3 years. ...
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Line 9, column 320, Rule ID: SMALL_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, use 'a few', or use 'some'
Suggestion: a few; some
...of ability to maintain friendships with a small number of people over a long period of time.
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Line 9, column 357, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...th a small number of people over a long period of time.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, if, really, regarding, second, secondly, so, well, whereas, you know, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 15.1003584229 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 9.8082437276 61% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 13.8261648746 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.0286738351 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 41.0 43.0788530466 95% => OK
Preposition: 67.0 52.1666666667 128% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.0752688172 74% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2203.0 1977.66487455 111% => OK
No of words: 473.0 407.700716846 116% => OK
Chars per words: 4.65750528541 4.8611393121 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.66353547975 4.48103885553 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.4134116103 2.67179642975 90% => OK
Unique words: 230.0 212.727598566 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.486257928118 0.524837075471 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 670.5 618.680645161 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.51630824373 92% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 9.59856630824 104% => OK
Article: 7.0 3.08781362007 227% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 3.51792114695 57% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.86738351254 161% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.94265232975 81% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 20.1344086022 119% => OK
Sentence length SD: 76.4240248806 48.9658058833 156% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.947368421 100.406767564 115% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.8947368421 20.6045352989 121% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.73684210526 5.45110844103 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 9.0 5.5376344086 163% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 11.8709677419 135% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.85842293907 26% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88709677419 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.485294939783 0.236089414692 206% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.14656828613 0.076458572812 192% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.122665902483 0.0737576698707 166% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.29921709518 0.150856017488 198% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.150192696827 0.0645574589148 233% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 11.7677419355 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 64.04 58.1214874552 110% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 10.1575268817 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.04 10.9000537634 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.3 8.01818996416 91% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 86.8835125448 85% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.002688172 110% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.0537634409 115% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.247311828 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.