It is better for children to grow up in the country side than in a big city. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.

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It is better for children to grow up in the country side than in a big city. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.

Submitted by sonia123 on Tue, 07/16/2013 - 22:18

I firmly disagree with the statement that it is better for children to grow up in the country side than in a big city. It is agreeable that country side has natural surroundings with fresh air and low degree of pollution, but the unavoidable truth is that big city provides our children the greater exposure and competition for excelling in their study, which is the requirement of current generation for survival in future. Although, I do not deny completely the advantages of country side, my meticulous observation finds the big city as an enticing place for kids for amusement and recreationa...

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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 27 in 30
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 15 15
No. of Words: 385 350
No. of Characters: 1996 1500
No. of Different Words: 208 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.43 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.184 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.805 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 144 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 113 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 84 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 57 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 25.667 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.761 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.667 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.331 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.544 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.076 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5

Well, look at this attribute:

Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.43 4.7

If the number is getting closer to 4.7, that means the score is getting to full mark. It is a bit hard to reach and takes time, instead, we suggestion you putting time on other part like integrated writing, reading, speaking, etc.