The main benefit of the study of history is to dispel the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in earlier times.

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The main benefit of the study of history is to dispel the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in earlier times.

There are many benefits to studying history. But to study history to dispel the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in earlier times is not one of them. People today have a different outlook on life and the world as compared to the past. It is simply because of the advancements and inventions through science and technology which has made the world both, easy as well as difficult for us human beings but it is nowhere close to the lives of the people in the past.
The study of history unravels many mysteries. People living in today's generation are very much different in a lot of aspects when we compare it to history. For example, in earlier times, women were considered to do the household works and the men were considered to go out and find the work in factories. It was only after the world war when the women, who worked in factories while their husbands served their country, continued to work even when the war ended. which led to the industrial revolution.
There are numerous instances in today's world when a disease outbreak is controlled with the help of science. Looking back in the history when there were no medicine or any way to control the contamination, people used to suffer a lot and in many cases decimation of thousands of people took place simply because of lack of medicine or vaccination. Smallpox, which is eradicated now took the lives of more than half of North America's population. But today, similar contagious diseases, like Ebola, is controlled and vaccinations are helping millions of people to get better.
History also tells us how the people used to live in earlier times, like spartan with a bare minimum requirement and hunted their own food.
It seems like yesterday only when people started conquering land and started fighting wars for power, which was internecine for both sides. For example, throughout history, we have seen the European countries fighting with each other, showing their powers. But now, situations have changed and the mindset of the countries have been matured. The same countries which fought for supremacy have now formed a European Union, in which they trade and make sure that the neighboring countries have enough.
In conclusion, the lives which are depicted to us by historians and books, as to how the people lived in the earlier times is different from the lives which people live today. The vicissitudes of life in the past and vicissitudes of life in today's world are totally different.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 408, Rule ID: BOTH_AS_WELL_AS[1]
Message: Probable usage error. Use 'and' after 'both'.
Suggestion: and
...ogy which has made the world both, easy as well as difficult for us human beings but it is...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 463, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Which
...tinued to work even when the war ended. which led to the industrial revolution. Ther...
^^^^^
Line 2, column 463, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “which” 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.
...tinued to work even when the war ended. which led to the industrial revolution. Ther...
^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, look, so, well, while, as to, for example, in conclusion, in fact, as well as, in many cases

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 12.4196629213 0% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 33.0505617978 54% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2088.0 2235.4752809 93% => OK
No of words: 428.0 442.535393258 97% => OK
Chars per words: 4.8785046729 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.548423998 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60974928594 2.79657885939 93% => OK
Unique words: 209.0 215.323595506 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.488317757009 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 659.7 704.065955056 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.5529257035 60.3974514979 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.4 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.4 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.35 5.21951772744 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.406596527393 0.243740707755 167% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.123637751508 0.0831039109588 149% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.171332809549 0.0758088955206 226% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.22995658337 0.150359130593 153% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.154772873065 0.0667264976115 232% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

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: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.02 12.1639044944 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.26 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 97.0 100.480337079 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => 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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Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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