Claim: Knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today.Reason: The world today is significantly more complex than it was even in the relatively recent past.Write a response in which you discuss the exten

The author has put light upon a very interesting aspect of life, 'The past'. Each and every individual has some experiences in their day to day lives which forms a major component of their past and dwelling in the past is the worst problem affecting the mind of people. Our parents and grandparents always have stressed on the adage, 'Don't dwell on the past and live in the present.' These past experiences also do affect the present life of people in many different ways.

Having said this the topic states 'knowing' about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today. The word underscored here is knowing. I will agree and disagree with the Issue, depending on the situation. If we talk about a company incurring huge losses it will be necessary for us to know the past records and the unwanted expenses incurred without which it would be extremely difficult to get the company out of its losses. In case of a job interview, 'past or previous experiences' have a lot of importance. Thus for judging a candidates appropriateness or suitability would require the interviewer to know about the candidates past in terms of experience.

The other aspect of the topic would be about how we as human beings tend to classify people based on our past associations. As the author also highlights the world today is significantly more complex than it was, we forget to accept that things change with time. Sticking to the age old aspects of life would not be very progressive of somebody. In situations like these to expect the same thing of someone knowing that it was possible by him in the past would be inappropriate. With the changing times, constant associations with the past would be futile. Citing my previous example of a candidate appearing for an interview, if the interviewer is familiar with the candidate and any of his/her past associations it would interfere with the present decision. Taking an apposite decision based on performance and qualifications without considering the past would be a challe

In conclusion, I would strongly agree with the topic that knowing of the past hinders present decisions. In taking decisions of the present, pondering over the past could lead to a state of mental turmoil. Considering the fast changing world things that happened ten years ago at certain circumstances need not have the same effect today.

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Average: 7.5 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 333, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: Don't
...ents always have stressed on the adage, Dont dwell on the past and live in the prese...
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Line 1, column 387, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experiences'.
Suggestion: experiences
...the past and live in the present. These past experiences also do affect the present life of peop...
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Line 1, column 449, Rule ID: NUMEROUS_DIFFERENT[1]
Message: Use simply 'many'.
Suggestion: many
...do affect the present life of people in many different ways. Having said this the topic sta...
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Line 3, column 138, Rule ID: NON_ACTION_CONTINUOUS[3]
Message: The verb know is usually not used with a continuous form, use the simple form instead. Suggestion: 'knows'
Suggestion: knows
...isions today. The word underscored here is knowing. I will agree and disagree with the Iss...
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Line 3, column 138, Rule ID: PROGRESSIVE_VERBS[1]
Message: This verb is normally not used in the progressive form. Try a simple form instead.
...isions today. The word underscored here is knowing. I will agree and disagree with the Iss...
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Line 3, column 524, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...s experiences have a lot of importance. Thus for judging a candidates appropriatenes...
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Line 3, column 543, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'candidates'' or 'candidate's'?
Suggestion: candidates'; candidate's
...a lot of importance. Thus for judging a candidates appropriateness or suitability would re...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, if, so, thus, well, in conclusion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 19.5258426966 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 11.3162921348 53% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 27.0 33.0505617978 82% => OK
Preposition: 78.0 58.6224719101 133% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 12.9106741573 31% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1967.0 2235.4752809 88% => OK
No of words: 400.0 442.535393258 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.9175 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.472135955 4.55969084622 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.81954672776 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 215.323595506 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.525 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 611.1 704.065955056 87% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.0535096515 60.3974514979 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.526315789 118.986275619 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0526315789 23.4991977007 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.05263157895 5.21951772744 39% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.270929413913 0.243740707755 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0873293002613 0.0831039109588 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0833221671696 0.0758088955206 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.166092106747 0.150359130593 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0419422422703 0.0667264976115 63% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.3 14.1392134831 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 48.8420337079 120% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.26 12.1639044944 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.23 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 100.480337079 90% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.


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