In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field.

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In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field.

All fields of study have a unique history associated with them which tells the story of how things came about to the way they are today. Be it medicine or technology, there is a long history of events that mark the evolution of the field: it has a origin follwed by a long period of various _ that ultimately lead to where we stand today. It is imperative that when a newbie is starting his/her career in a particular field of study, that he/she is aware of this story in order to appreciate all the hard work and effort that has gone into achieving the tools and knowledge that we have today so that he/she can better contribute to the field as all new developments in any field are made on the back of these existing knowledge.

One cannot hope to have a complete and profound understanding of a field until he understand the history of that field. For example, you could be a software developer using the latest programming language, which may not be that closely related to earlier programming languages or techniques, and yet if have not studied the earliest forms of programming techniques, your fundamental understanding of the whole process will be one that is flawed or at least incomplete. A holistic study of all the different forces, events, achievements, successes and failures that happened in the past allows us to differentiate between a right way and a wrong way in our enterprise.

Having knowledge of this past history also allows us to continue the tradition of passing down knowledge from one generation of professionals to the next as it is of utmost importance that we preserve this knowledge not just in dusty books in libraries but also in our minds. Without this knowledge, if the chain is broken once, the whole endeavor would be futile.

Of course, as important as it is to preserve this knowledge of the past, it is not a mandatory requirement for every single person who has chosen to study a particular field. If you are just a hobbyist, delving into the field out of curiosity rather than to take it up professionally, then it may not always be a good idea to draw yourself into the long and boring details. But if you serious about making a contribution to the field, you should always make it a priority to understand the history early on in your career.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 247, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...mark the evolution of the field: it has a origin follwed by a long period of vari...
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Line 3, column 83, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'he' must be used with a third-person verb: 'understands'.
Suggestion: understands
...found understanding of a field until he understand the history of that field. For example,...
^^^^^^^^^^

Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'if', 'may', 'so', 'then', 'at least', 'for example', 'of course']

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.204597701149 0.240241500013 85% => OK
Verbs: 0.149425287356 0.157235817809 95% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0827586206897 0.0880659088768 94% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0528735632184 0.0497285424764 106% => OK
Pronouns: 0.064367816092 0.0444667217837 145% => Less pronouns wanted. Try not to use 'you, I, they, he...' as the subject of a sentence
Prepositions: 0.137931034483 0.12292977631 112% => OK
Participles: 0.0436781609195 0.0406280797675 108% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.80243616785 2.79330140395 100% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0344827586207 0.030933414821 111% => OK
Particles: 0.00459770114943 0.0016655270985 276% => OK
Determiners: 0.119540229885 0.0997080785238 120% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0183908045977 0.0249443105267 74% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0252873563218 0.0148568991511 170% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2294.0 2732.02544248 84% => OK
No of words: 406.0 452.878318584 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.65024630542 6.0361032391 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.48881294772 4.58838876751 98% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.312807881773 0.366273622748 85% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.221674876847 0.280924506359 79% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.165024630542 0.200843997647 82% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.120689655172 0.132149295362 91% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80243616785 2.79330140395 100% => OK
Unique words: 209.0 219.290929204 95% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514778325123 0.48968727796 105% => OK
Word variations: 57.2808990671 55.4138127331 103% => OK
How many sentences: 11.0 20.6194690265 53% => OK
Sentence length: 36.9090909091 23.380412469 158% => OK
Sentence length SD: 90.3063656085 59.4972553346 152% => OK
Chars per sentence: 208.545454545 141.124799967 148% => OK
Words per sentence: 36.9090909091 23.380412469 158% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.818181818182 0.674092028746 121% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.94800884956 81% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.21349557522 38% => OK
Readability: 59.0765785938 51.4728631049 115% => OK
Elegance: 1.44827586207 1.64882698954 88% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.309963051391 0.391690518653 79% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.171544890664 0.123202303941 139% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0614756864114 0.077325440228 80% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.660963754568 0.547984918172 121% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.128023176658 0.149214159877 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.156666922707 0.161403998019 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0652367969218 0.0892212321368 73% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.396374144242 0.385218514788 103% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0621834701399 0.0692045440612 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.218755239155 0.275328986314 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0405177476579 0.0653680567796 62% => The ideas may be duplicated in paragraphs.

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 10.4325221239 29% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.30420353982 94% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.88274336283 61% => OK
Positive topic words: 3.0 7.22455752212 42% => OK
Negative topic words: 5.0 3.66592920354 136% => OK
Neutral topic words: 2.0 2.70907079646 74% => OK
Total topic words: 10.0 13.5995575221 74% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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