With the rise of ebooks comes the decline of paper books. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?
Nowadays, that electronic books gain in popularity reduces the use of conventional books. While I can acknowledge the benefits of this trend, I believe it is an unwelcome development.
Admittedly, the merits of electronic books are undeniable. Firstly, it is convenient for readers. Electronic books can be stored easily in the mobile phone, meaning that people could read books at their own convenience, without carrying a hundred-page bulky book. Some electronic books can also be downloaded for free, which is economical compared to the physical counterpart. In addition, the publishers will also take advantage of electronic books. By uploading books on the Internet, the publishers can minimize the time and effort for manufacturing. This means that the materials used for the manufacturing process can also be saved, thereby contributing to protecting the environment.
However, I would argue that such benefits are marginalized by its significant drawbacks. The most alarming downside is the risks of copyright infringement. A book taking a lot of effort on the author and the publisher can easily be pirated through the Internet, thereby negatively affecting their income. Furthermore, the quality of electronic books must also be concerned. Books on the Internet are carelessly censored as a normal person can publish a book by a gadget without any difficulties. This may bring substandard, harmful books to readers and reduce the values of books. In addition, some works now are only available online as a result of the decline of printed books, indicating that book lovers may have no choice but to read books on high-tech devices. This might lead to some health problems such as eyestrain.
In conclusion, electronic books can facilitate the reading experience and the manufacturing process. However, it is my firm conviction that its potential disadvantages of copyright infringement, the low quality books, and physical health problems to readers are much greater.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, may, so, while, in addition, in conclusion, such as, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 7.85571142285 191% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 24.0651302605 87% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 41.998997996 79% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1684.0 1615.20841683 104% => OK
No of words: 308.0 315.596192385 98% => OK
Chars per words: 5.46753246753 5.12529762239 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18926351222 4.20363070211 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.15549674749 2.80592935109 112% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 176.041082164 95% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.545454545455 0.561755894193 97% => OK
syllable_count: 523.8 506.74238477 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 7.0 2.52805611222 277% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 20.2975951904 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 40.8617695472 49.4020404114 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.6315789474 106.682146367 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.2105263158 20.7667163134 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.15789473684 7.06120827912 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.106311892266 0.244688304435 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0358407070723 0.084324248473 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0333823782239 0.0667982634062 50% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.062782657803 0.151304729494 41% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0362448596892 0.056905535591 64% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 13.0946893788 95% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 46.78 50.2224549098 93% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.3001002004 95% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.15 12.4159519038 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.25 8.58950901804 108% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 78.4519038076 120% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 9.78957915832 66% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.1190380762 83% => 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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