Claim When one is making a decision it is better to have a limited number of options Reason The more options a person has the more difficult it is to make a rational decision | TOEFL IELTS GMAT GRE SAT ACT PTE ESL

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Claim: When one is making a decision, it is better to have a limited number of options.

Reason: The more options a person has, the more difficult it is to make a rational decision.

There are boundless possibillities in life and whenever people come across a crossroad, decision taking matters a lot; in such situations, they prefer to have options to choose from rather than being compelled to be confined with a set of ways. A limited number of options render people helpless at some times while on the other hand, it may not be limiting merely their options but their future prospectives as well. The limitation in options, depending upon the situation, context and the gravity of the matter might vary which could potentially incur a huge impact on the lives of people and their surrounding as well. However, dilemma can also drive people to oblivion without being able to make correct decisions as a result of plethora of options thrown in front of them. Therefore, it is essential to take into account of several contextual factors and the nature of the options themselves when deciding whether limited or a large number of options are better to have while making decisions.

To begin with, human nature is fickle and people are easily swayed by thier emotional, be it anger, grief, joy or envy. These emotions play crucial role in determining the decision making ability of people. Not many people are able to stay calm and collected facing the extremities of these emotions; they might become fidgetted or loose their composure due to their emotions. In such conditions, they are unable to think rationally and a limited number of options might lead them to their doom instead since they won't be able to think if those options are beneficial for them or deleterious. For example, a homeless person suffering from extreme hunger would definitely long for some food; he has the options to ask for food from someone, steal them, or may be work at a place for an hour to get enough money to buy him some food. However, it is dependent on his mental perspective and psychological condition which enables him to make rational decision of whether asking for food or stealing the money to buy food. If he considers the options of just stealing and robbing another person, he would certainly be detained and sent to jail. Should he consider a wider range of options, he can opt for asking for food or work at a nearby place for money to buy some food. Amidst all these emotional drivers within us, it is therefore, beenficial to have a wider range of options during decision making.

In another instance, limited options can be detrimental to peoples' future as well. The people won't be ablet to make correct decisions as per their need if presented iwith limited numebr of options. If a student has limtied options to take his courses he might not be able to pursue what he desires. He has to be satisfied with whatever he has which will hinder his developent in the future. He won't be able to make the desired progress. Therefore limited numebr of options may sometime regress the people in terms of their potential and could also ruin their future.

However, sometimes people are unable to make the decision even though a lot of options are present infront of them. This is mostly centered around people who have a better oppotunities in life and every options are equally or more lucrative than the other. For instance, Elon Musk had the option to buy Twitter and be the owner of this multinational company; he also had the option to buy the majority of the shares and retain a portion of the ownership. Perhaps, he also had better options to buy other companies which are entirely different from Twitter, we never know. However, the thing is, he was in a prolonged dilemma and finally decided to be the CEO of Twitter by buying the company which pushed him in a lot of controversies and issues. If he had not bought it and instead retained the shares only, it is possible that he would have benefitted in billions of dollars. This suggests that when confronted with better options, a person can sometimes make rash decisions or is unable to identify the best among the options. In such circumstances, having limited options would be extremely beneficial to the people and assist them in maiking the best decision.

Limited number of options narrow down the scope of possibilities of people and they might be forced to make unwanted decisions which can affect their future. However, if the options are positive and beneficial a limited number of such options enables people to make the correct decisions and prevent them from confusion and dilemma. Therefore, we must consider the possibilites of the options, the potential consequences and make the decisions accordingly despite the given number of options to us.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 931, Rule ID: LARGE_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, or simply use 'many' or 'numerous'
Suggestion: many; numerous
...selves when deciding whether limited or a large number of options are better to have while making...
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Line 3, column 333, Rule ID: LOOSE_LOSE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'lose' (= miss, waste, suffer the loss etc.)?
Suggestion: lose
...motions; they might become fidgetted or loose their composure due to their emotions. ...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 199, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
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.
...sented iwith limited numebr of options. If a student has limtied options to take h...
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Line 5, column 438, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Therefore,
...t be able to make the desired progress. Therefore limited numebr of options may sometime ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, but, finally, however, if, may, so, therefore, well, while, as to, for example, for instance, as a result, to begin with, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 37.0 19.5258426966 189% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 33.0 14.8657303371 222% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 64.0 33.0505617978 194% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 113.0 58.6224719101 193% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3851.0 2235.4752809 172% => OK
No of words: 796.0 442.535393258 180% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.83793969849 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.31163552584 4.55969084622 116% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.59362057609 2.79657885939 93% => OK
Unique words: 340.0 215.323595506 158% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.427135678392 0.4932671777 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1233.9 704.065955056 175% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 21.0 6.24550561798 336% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 31.0 20.2370786517 153% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.5961907756 60.3974514979 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.225806452 118.986275619 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.6774193548 23.4991977007 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.09677419355 5.21951772744 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 5.13820224719 214% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.331464768239 0.243740707755 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.107646501085 0.0831039109588 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0782324712582 0.0758088955206 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.232828070191 0.150359130593 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0775380031932 0.0667264976115 116% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.2 14.1392134831 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.09 12.1639044944 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.21 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 168.0 100.480337079 167% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.0 11.8971910112 151% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => 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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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, but, finally, however, if, may, so, therefore, well, while, as to, for example, for instance, as a result, to begin with, on the other hand

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