It is primarily through our identification with social groups that we define ourselves

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It is primarily through our identification with social groups that we define ourselves.

One of the largest questions for us to answer throughout our lives is self-identification. Understanding why we are valued and being included in a group is essential for our mental health and personality development. As far as I'm concerned, through our identification with social groups we can define ourselves in some aspects. For example, through identification with friends, clubs, and people with similar interests, we can find partnerships and enjoy a sense of exclusiveness. Also, through identification in workplaces and academia such as interaction with our managers, colleagues, and customers, we can understand that our work is valued. Nevertheless, we also largely depend on our interaction with primary groups, such as families and partners, to define ourselves, since we can act as our true selves in front of them.

Identifying with social groups is no doubt a crucial way to define ourselves. For example, through identification with friends or people with similar hobbies, we can find partnerships and enjoy a sense of exclusiveness. We often become friends with others become we have the same hobbies or interests. Through initial clannish behaviors like playing games and sports together, we eventually develop a closer and stronger bond with our friends and can start discussing school, love, work, and even more private matters. These bonds help us understand that we are being trusted and can foster self-identity.

Secondly, for those working in industries or scientists in academia, it is important for them to define themselves through their work and interaction with their colleagues. For example, it is most important for an engineer throughout his career to creating useful tools or applications for society. Through brainstorming and cooperation with his colleagues, he can feel included and his knowledge valued while developing a love for his work. Through reports and discussions with his managers, he can feel that his expertise is well respected and is put to good use. These interactions play a great role in self-identification and can help users define ourselves as contributors to society.

However, social groups are not the only source for self-identification. Through identifying with primary groups consisting of significant others such as families and partners, we can define ourselves by expressing our true feelings to them. When interacting with social groups, we might restrain our thoughts when it comes to contentious topics such as politics, religion, and ideologies since we are afraid that these discussions might lead to debates and harm our relationship with others. However, when we are with our families, we can freely express and discuss our opinions on various topics because family bonds are tight and can sustain debates. Through these candid interactions, we can further define ourselves by realizing our own perspectives.

In conclusion, I believe, though not primarily, we do define ourselves through our identification with social groups. Identifying with friends can make us feel included while identifying with colleagues at work can make us feel valued. On the other hand, identifying with primary groups such as families and partners are also very important since we can truly be ourselves in front of them.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: I'm
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, well, while, for example, in conclusion, no doubt, such as, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 19.0 12.4196629213 153% => OK
Conjunction : 29.0 14.8657303371 195% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 74.0 33.0505617978 224% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 68.0 58.6224719101 116% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2777.0 2235.4752809 124% => OK
No of words: 510.0 442.535393258 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.44509803922 5.05705443957 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.75217629947 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.23695085329 2.79657885939 116% => OK
Unique words: 232.0 215.323595506 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.454901960784 0.4932671777 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 828.9 704.065955056 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 18.0 6.24550561798 288% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 0.0 4.99550561798 0% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 13.0 4.38483146067 296% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.9975572627 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.708333333 118.986275619 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.25 23.4991977007 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.70833333333 5.21951772744 109% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => 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: 0.498864123496 0.243740707755 205% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.192255984625 0.0831039109588 231% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.138137905638 0.0758088955206 182% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.351674812164 0.150359130593 234% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.120796150122 0.0667264976115 181% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 14.1392134831 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.33 12.1639044944 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.27 8.38706741573 99% => OK
difficult_words: 116.0 100.480337079 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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