Traveling has always been considered as one of the most exciting and intellectual activities by people. Tourism has become a global sector so; most countries invest money in touristic facilities in order to attract people around the world. Some people enjoy traveling alone whereas others are of the opinion that traveling with a group led by a tour guide is more reasonable and enjoyable for some reasons. I, however, believe that both of those ways of traveling have advantages, which I am going to explore in the following essay.
First off, if you decide to travel with a group led by a tour guide, you do not have to do research before the trip. The tour guide will inform you about crucial facts and information about everything such as artifacts, buildings or the history of the city. Once, I joined a Bursa trip arranged by my department at the university. Although I heard that a tour guide was going to accompany us, I read many articles about the history of the city. I supposed that I had learned everything about Bursa in theory, I was surprised as I discovered new information while the guide was explaining its history. I believe that a tour conductor can give you more comprehensive information and gratify your curiosity.
Moreover, this way of traveling could make your trip more effective in terms of time efficiency. If you are single, you have to identify the destinations before the trip. You had also better calculate the estimated time of spend at each destination. On the other hand, all of these kinds of details are usually organized by tour guides. They know where to take a break, where to eat or which places are worth visiting. For example, I could visit more places during my İstanbul journey led by a guide, in comparison with my first visit. I was also mistaken by reading comments on restaurants and waste my money paying for tasteless meals. I can easily say that if people have limited time, this way of traveling is better for them.
On the other hand, traveling alone may be a preferable choice in some cases. You may not be dependent on other people and may want to savor the atmosphere of the environment. Take my Edirne trip as an example. I visited there three times, the first two were with a group and at the last one, I was alone. During the first two, I had learned much information and details about its history so; I preferred to visit alone for the third times. Since I had enough money to stay there for two days, I had sufficient time to visit freely and could enjoy taking great photos of fascinating places with my DSLR camera. I could also dive into details and observe the architecture quality of some artifacts and buildings.
To put it all in a nutshell, both ways of traveling have positive or negative sides. The answer to which one is better depends on people and situations. People should evaluate which one is proper for them and enjoy visiting new places.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 259, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Once” 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.
..., buildings or the history of the city. Once, I joined a Bursa trip arranged by my d...
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Line 5, column 185, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error -- use past participle here: 'bettered', 'welled'.
Suggestion: bettered; welled
...tinations before the trip. You had also better calculate the estimated time of spend a...
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Line 7, column 191, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[8]
Message: The proper name in singular (Edirne) must be used with a third-person verb: 'trips'.
Suggestion: trips
...here of the environment. Take my Edirne trip as an example. I visited there three ti...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, may, moreover, so, third, whereas, while, for example, i suppose, such as, in some cases, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 15.1003584229 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 9.8082437276 112% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 13.8261648746 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.0286738351 109% => OK
Pronoun: 52.0 43.0788530466 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 71.0 52.1666666667 136% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.0752688172 87% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2421.0 1977.66487455 122% => OK
No of words: 516.0 407.700716846 127% => OK
Chars per words: 4.69186046512 4.8611393121 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.76609204519 4.48103885553 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60325714241 2.67179642975 97% => OK
Unique words: 247.0 212.727598566 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.478682170543 0.524837075471 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 787.5 618.680645161 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 21.0 9.59856630824 219% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 3.0 3.08781362007 97% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.51792114695 114% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.86738351254 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.94265232975 121% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.6003584229 136% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.1344086022 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 30.7513688098 48.9658058833 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 86.4642857143 100.406767564 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.4285714286 20.6045352989 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.75 5.45110844103 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 11.8709677419 135% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.88709677419 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.175931460808 0.236089414692 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0475710503974 0.076458572812 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0597677915402 0.0737576698707 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.100171698485 0.150856017488 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0442232724204 0.0645574589148 69% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.9 11.7677419355 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 58.1214874552 106% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 10.1575268817 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.92 10.9000537634 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.83 8.01818996416 98% => OK
difficult_words: 108.0 86.8835125448 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.002688172 110% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.0537634409 92% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.247311828 98% => 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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