The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things.Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement above and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should c

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The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things.

Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement above and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how those considerations shape your position.

It is said that necessity is the mother of all inventions. Although this statement is completely valid in the days of the cave man, where innovative ideas were required to even slightly increase the chance to survive, in the modern context it would be hard to argue for the same. But still, we see that there is no lack in ingenious ideas, with a new revolutionary idea or invention becoming the front page news everyday. So the question become if not necessity, what propels people to come up with newer and better ideas? And the answer, at least to a big degree is the passionate interest in commonplace things.

Firstly, the ideation step requires to think of a problem, analyze it, and come up with a viable solution. So the question becomes, it is possible to directly jump to a complex idea, without starting from a more simple and mundane one? The answer would be that it is highly unlikely. So complex and convuled ideas cannot be tacked directly, and ideation has to start somewhere, the most likely place it will start is with a passionate interest in commonplace things.

For example, the story goes that Newton was inspired to contemplate about gravity when he saw and apply fall down a tree and thought to himself why the apply came down instead of shooting up. Although the story itself is not very credible, it is undeniable that Newton's initial venture into the profoundities of gravity would have been with simple questions like 'why does objects fall down' instead of directly trying to derive the formula for gravity. This deep passion for things which may be perceived as mundane is what invigorates people to investigate it, and come up with brilliant ideas and explanations.

In general, we observe such a phenominon permeate throughout science, because science by its nature is empirical. It pays attention to the world around us, notes interesting facts, and works towards an explanation for it that is supported by sufficient evidence. Again, the inquisitiveness and questioning must begin in more simpler and fundamental questions around us like, 'why does some animals look so similar to each other, but still has noticable differences according to its habitat?', and the answer to this question is evolution. Even the ancient greek philosophers and scientists like Aristotel, Plato and others conducted their investigations based on the their deep passion to understand the nature, and to know why things are the way they are.

To conclude, it is clear that deep passion and interest in commonplace things can be the fuel that propels people to come up with some of the most interesting, innovative and revolutionary ideas. Although we cannot preclude the possibility of people having a sudden epiphany or insight into some complex thoughts and ideas, the epiphany might just be the result of contemplating about a common occurence for extended period of time. Thus, we should encourage interest and inquisitiveness that people show towards seemingly insignificant day to day objects, because you never know where the next great idea is coming from.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 413, Rule ID: EVERYDAY_EVERY_DAY[3]
Message: 'Everyday' is an adjective. Did you mean 'every day'?
Suggestion: every day
... invention becoming the front page news everyday. So the question become if not necessit...
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Line 5, column 37, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'thinking'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'require' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: thinking
... Firstly, the ideation step requires to think of a problem, analyze it, and come up w...
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Line 9, column 149, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
... down a tree and thought to himself why the apply came down instead of shooting up. Altho...
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Line 13, column 321, Rule ID: MOST_COMPARATIVE[2]
Message: Use only 'simpler' (without 'more') when you use the comparative.
Suggestion: simpler
...itiveness and questioning must begin in more simpler and fundamental questions around us lik...
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Line 13, column 662, Rule ID: DT_PRP[1]
Message: Possible typo. Did you mean 'the' or 'their'?
Suggestion: the; their
...conducted their investigations based on the their deep passion to understand the nature, ...
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Line 17, column 131, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...uel that propels people to come up with some of the most interesting, innovative and revolu...
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Line 17, column 418, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...g about a common occurence for extended period of time. Thus, we should encourage interest and...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, if, look, may, so, still, thus, as to, at least, for example, in general

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.5258426966 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 25.0 14.8657303371 168% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 33.0505617978 115% => OK
Preposition: 72.0 58.6224719101 123% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2582.0 2235.4752809 116% => OK
No of words: 512.0 442.535393258 116% => OK
Chars per words: 5.04296875 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.75682846001 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80763196328 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 277.0 215.323595506 129% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.541015625 0.4932671777 110% => OK
syllable_count: 811.8 704.065955056 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 9.0 1.77640449438 507% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 63.6481411557 60.3974514979 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.894736842 118.986275619 114% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.9473684211 23.4991977007 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.89473684211 5.21951772744 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.154600376179 0.243740707755 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0473288192868 0.0831039109588 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0426334231715 0.0758088955206 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0857790429091 0.150359130593 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0315942938317 0.0667264976115 47% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 14.1392134831 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.25 12.1639044944 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.72 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 123.0 100.480337079 122% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 Out of 6
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