Claim The best test of an argument is its ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint Reason Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting views of others does one really discover the value of that idea Write a respo

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Claim: The best test of an argument is its ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
Reason: Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting views of others does one really discover the value of that idea.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which the claim is based.

An argument when propounded by someone is done so to the best of their ability. According to them that particular idea is the supreme proposal that they could come up with in order to solve a certain problem. But many a times there may be certain flaws in an idea and its conception. These flaws are usually abstruse to the originator of the proposal. Hence it is of extreme importance that the promoter of the argument is made to defend his idea against others with contrasting views. Only when an idea is able to placate and convince someone of its opposing viewpoint will it truly be considered an ingenious proposal.
If an idea is fallacious and its creator is not made to debate his argument against people who are skeptical or dubious about the same, it may ultimately lead to the innovator going ahead with a faulty proposal and then lead to several failures post the result or at a very advanced stage. Redressing such mistakes at a later stage when the stakes are very high might be extremely expensive or impossible, whereas these could have been avoided at the initial stage itself if the proposal was assessed by those having doubts or contrasting opinions. For example in a Civil engineering multinational corporation, a proposal for a flyover is usually defended by its creators against a panel that broadcasts is trepidations regarding it. This leads to the elucidation of several errors which can then be corrected before the actual flyover is constructed. If this is not done a faulty flyover made with a fallacious plan could be deleterious to the people using it.
Also defending an argument against people with an opposite view point actually opens up an opportunity for constructive criticism. By listening to the feedback and questions of those against, one can actually work on their original proposal to make an enhanced more efficient version of it. This is how most policy makers work in several democratic countries across the world. For a legislation to be passed, it is discussed in the legislative assembly and defended against the members of the opposition party, so that the flaws of the proposal can be discussed. As a result of this a proposal is made the most efficient it can be and it is ensured that no unjust laws are passed.
In the process of defending an idea against those who are skeptical about it, actually new point of views are discussed. The criticizers might show the originator a different point of view of approaching the same problem which might have not struck him before. For example often while answering questions in a debate we can come up with new problems and new solutions to them.
Hence according to me it is essential that any argument is defended against those with contrasting views to it, so the idea’s actual potential and true value can be gauged. Only by this approach will we be able to increase the efficacy and efficiency of a particular proposal which will heighten our chances of success.

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Average: 6.6 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 219, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a time' or simply 'times'?
Suggestion: a time; times
...er to solve a certain problem. But many a times there may be certain flaws in an idea a...
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Line 1, column 338, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...re usually abstruse to the originator of the proposal. Hence it is of extreme imp...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...use to the originator of the proposal. Hence it is of extreme importance that the pr...
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Message: “If” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...fore the actual flyover is constructed. If this is not done a faulty flyover made ...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
...be deleterious to the people using it. Also defending an argument against people wi...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...ew problems and new solutions to them. Hence according to me it is essential that an...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, hence, if, may, regarding, so, then, whereas, while, for example, as a result

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 35.0 19.5258426966 179% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 76.0 58.6224719101 130% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2461.0 2235.4752809 110% => OK
No of words: 510.0 442.535393258 115% => OK
Chars per words: 4.82549019608 5.05705443957 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.75217629947 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75700568619 2.79657885939 99% => OK
Unique words: 230.0 215.323595506 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.450980392157 0.4932671777 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 801.9 704.065955056 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 54.0275817693 60.3974514979 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.19047619 118.986275619 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.2857142857 23.4991977007 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.66666666667 5.21951772744 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.356992541814 0.243740707755 146% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.114777020624 0.0831039109588 138% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102977535022 0.0758088955206 136% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.213814443256 0.150359130593 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.100864781391 0.0667264976115 151% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 14.1392134831 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 48.8420337079 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.03 12.1639044944 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.54 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 120.0 100.480337079 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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