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

The above assertion states that for making notable achievements in any particular field it is important to first analyze past developments made in that field. The statement is in concord with the universally accepted and established dogma that in order to make further progress it is important to look upon the past and learn from it. Though I do not completely agree with the statement as past experiences or past achievements might sometimes stymie our development.

First of all, consider any ongoing research, for example Internet of things. To make substantiate progress in research on further prospects of IOT it is highly essential to learn about the progress made before in that field. By knowing the past only, can we thrive to make noteworthy developments. Field of research and development is such a branch of applied sciences which requires continuous evaluation of achievements made in the past. Aspiring scientists and researches make significant developments everyday in various fields based on past observations.

There are myriad of other domains which go through continuous change and enhancement of theories established in the past. For instance, discovery of Higgs-Boson particles. Developments in this domain continue even after a century. Although after such a long time and copious amount of empirical data; according to some scholarly and veteran scientists, we have barely scratched the surface of the field. In this case detailed study of past findings is gravely necessary to make significant developments.

In spite of all these benefits of past findings, it is sometimes required to keep the past in past and search for new ideas and solutions which do not completely depend on earlier findings. It is entirely possible that dependency on preceding data and information may thwart possibilities of better and more sustainable progress. Some people might just dwell on the past and completely ignore newer areas of research. For example, environmentalists have been trying to find various solutions for increasing global warming and its impending danger on existence of human species. Though, if the upcoming environment engineers and enthusiasts focus only on solutions already proposed, then there would be no space for better solutions.

In sum, introduction of new ideas is as much important as the influence of achievements of past. One cannot have the cognizance of correcting mistakes made in the past without its comprehensive study. And also new ideas - out of the box ideas are highly essential in any field for further development. Hence, according to me, it is not entirely impossible to make progress without the influence of past achievements in any particular field.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 391, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experiences'.
Suggestion: experiences
... completely agree with the statement as past experiences or past achievements might sometimes st...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, hence, if, look, may, so, then, thus, well, for example, for instance, first of all, in spite of

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 19.5258426966 72% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 33.0505617978 67% => OK
Preposition: 87.0 58.6224719101 148% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2296.0 2235.4752809 103% => OK
No of words: 427.0 442.535393258 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.37704918033 5.05705443957 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.54576487731 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.08883453238 2.79657885939 110% => OK
Unique words: 224.0 215.323595506 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.524590163934 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 715.5 704.065955056 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.4021779685 60.3974514979 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.363636364 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4090909091 23.4991977007 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.95454545455 5.21951772744 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.3470315314 0.243740707755 142% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.102271423521 0.0831039109588 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.103666674531 0.0758088955206 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.203820809207 0.150359130593 136% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.10449032001 0.0667264976115 157% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 14.1392134831 96% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 48.8420337079 90% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.92 12.1639044944 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.68 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 111.0 100.480337079 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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