It has been argued that gift giving should not be encouraged, because money is often wasted on things that people do not like or want.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
There is a view against the practice of gift-giving, suggesting that it should be discouraged as money is often spent on buying items that are neither desired nor essential. I strongly disagree with this view, which will be presented in the following essay.
It should be acknowledged that gift buyers do not always make the best shopping decisions. There are a wide variety of popularly selected presents, ranging from garments, reading materials to drinks. These presents could be bought in place of what could actually cater for a recipient’s needs. In this case, buying gifts can indeed lead to a waste of money and should not be encouraged.
However, my firm conviction is that exchanging gifts is a meaningful practice and should be encouraged. To begin with, money would only be wasted if shopping for gifts were done arbitrarily. Mindful gift purchases, in contrast, mean that the receiver is given items that are of practical use. Moreover, it is important to note that there is more to gift-giving than just the monetary value of the present. In other words, being given a present may fill a person with a sense of appreciation, which would result in an overall improvement in their relationship with the gift-giver. The last point to add is that gifts could also be made by hand, which may both cut costs down and attach more sentimental values to the gifts.
In conclusion, while I agree that unplanned gift-shopping could lead to a wasteful expenditure of money, I contend that the act of exchanging presents is meaningful and should be continued, as long as it is done in a thoughtful manner.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 213, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a thoughtful manner" with adverb for "thoughtful"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...uld be continued, as long as it is done in a thoughtful manner.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, however, if, may, moreover, so, while, in conclusion, in contrast, in other words, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 13.1623246493 182% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 7.85571142285 191% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 10.4138276553 48% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 7.30460921844 178% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 41.998997996 81% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.3376753507 36% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1348.0 1615.20841683 83% => OK
No of words: 273.0 315.596192385 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.93772893773 5.12529762239 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.06481385082 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.9075620831 2.80592935109 104% => OK
Unique words: 158.0 176.041082164 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.578754578755 0.561755894193 103% => OK
syllable_count: 400.5 506.74238477 79% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => 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: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.6580309753 49.4020404114 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.692307692 106.682146367 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0 20.7667163134 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.61538461538 7.06120827912 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.245128415533 0.244688304435 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0925069499649 0.084324248473 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0487503847114 0.0667982634062 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.150649820691 0.151304729494 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0321641623681 0.056905535591 57% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.3 13.0946893788 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 50.2224549098 117% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.3001002004 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.37 12.4159519038 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.09 8.58950901804 94% => OK
difficult_words: 59.0 78.4519038076 75% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 9.78957915832 82% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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