Many countries import large amounts of food from other parts of the world. Is this a positive or negative development?
It is true that many countries rely on food imports from all over the world. While the volume of such imports has increased over recent years, in my view this is a trend which has more disadvantages than advantages.
On the one hand, there are positive aspects of importing food. Some countries need to import food in order to feed their population. Their land may be poor for growing crops, with deserts or mountainous regions in which natural resources are soon depleted. Climate may be another factor which drives countries to import food, in the case of prolonged droughts or excessive cold. Other countries, however, simply import food in order to satisfy the tastes of consumers. It is, for example, pleasant to eat tropical fruits or rice during a European winter, even though such food has to be imported from countries which are thousands of miles away.
On the other hand, considering the ecological crisis facing the world today, the arguments against large-scale imports of food are overwhelming. Firstly, in order to reduce their carbon footprint and reduce reliance on fossil fuels, countries must seek to limit the number of food miles required to provide their people with a healthier diet. Dependence on freight services to transport food all over the world simply increases global warming. Secondly, food which has to be imported is not fresh. It is often treated with chemical preservatives or is genetically modified in order to extend its shelf life. This is damaging in terms of both health and the environment.
In conclusion, in my opinion the trend towards the import of large amounts of food is, despite its advantages, a negative trend which is contributing to environmental degradation.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, while, as to, for example, in conclusion, in my opinion, in my view, it is true, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 7.85571142285 51% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 14.0 24.0651302605 58% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 41.998997996 119% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1437.0 1615.20841683 89% => OK
No of words: 283.0 315.596192385 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0777385159 5.12529762239 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.10153676581 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74042336396 2.80592935109 98% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 176.041082164 92% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.572438162544 0.561755894193 102% => OK
syllable_count: 434.7 506.74238477 86% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 10.0 4.76152304609 210% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.7971229235 49.4020404114 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.8 106.682146367 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.8666666667 20.7667163134 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.6 7.06120827912 150% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.360195946986 0.244688304435 147% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.124719753873 0.084324248473 148% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0859010143207 0.0667982634062 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.211788721728 0.151304729494 140% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0267532559864 0.056905535591 47% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.0946893788 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 50.2224549098 123% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.3001002004 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.4159519038 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.05 8.58950901804 105% => OK
difficult_words: 81.0 78.4519038076 103% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 9.78957915832 82% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.1190380762 91% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => 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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