The surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement 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 these considerations shape your position.
The term 'great' is subjective. It depends upon people to describe what 'great' means to them. For me, for a nation to be great, it should be prosperous and the denizens of the nation should be happy. In that regard, I believe that general welfare of the people which determines people’s happiness is the biggest indicator of the greatness of a nation.
Although there are numerous indicators of a nation's identity, the biggest identity of a nation is its people. In that sense, the prosperity of a nation can be linked with the prosperity of the citizens. Because there are many people who are dependent on a country, the true reflector of a country's success is the opportunities it provides to its citizens to pursue happiness. If the citizens are rich, the economy of the country prospers which allows the nation to develop more. In addition, if the citizens are unhappy, they become mutinous and the nation faces political instability which scotches the nation's chances to become great.
In addition, when the residents have a sense of gratitude towards their nation, they feel obliged to work hard and pay their nation back. This allows further development. If the residents feel that their country has not done much for them, they do not feel a sense of moral responsibility towards their nation and will to leave the country if possible. For instance, in Nepal, a developing country in South Asia, many citizens are becoming expatriates and choosing to live in other countries because they feel that there are few opportunities in Nepal. Losing its skilled citizens injures the already weak economy of a country like Nepal and thus does not allow development.
Although achievements of individuals might indicate that there are opportunities in the nation for people to succeed, it does not assure prosperity of the citizens and thus does not ensure greatness. For example, Soviet Union during the cold war era had almost equal scientific and technological achievements as that of the United States. However, its economy crumbled and the nation degenerated. Although there might be various factors for its degeneration, prosperity of its citizens can be one of the factors. The per capita income of the citizens of USSR was never comparable to that of the USA, and therefore, when its economy became unstable, people could not help the nation and the economy plummeted. From this example, we can realize that despite having a repertoire of scientific achievements, stability cannot be achieved without welfare and prosperity of the citizens.
At length, achievements do indicate prosperity. However, the general welfare and happiness of the citizens is a must for a country to become stable, and therefore, welfare of the citizens is a sure indicator of a nation's greatness.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 45, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'nations'' or 'nation's'?
Suggestion: nations'; nation's
...ough there are numerous indicators of a nations identity, the biggest identity of a nat...
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Line 5, column 213, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'nations'' or 'nation's'?
Suggestion: nations'; nation's
...f the citizens is a sure indicator of a nations greatness.
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Discourse Markers used:
['however', 'if', 'so', 'therefore', 'thus', 'for example', 'for instance', 'in addition']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.24171539961 0.240241500013 101% => OK
Verbs: 0.142300194932 0.157235817809 91% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0818713450292 0.0880659088768 93% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0389863547758 0.0497285424764 78% => OK
Pronouns: 0.046783625731 0.0444667217837 105% => OK
Prepositions: 0.130604288499 0.12292977631 106% => OK
Participles: 0.0155945419103 0.0406280797675 38% => Some participles wanted.
Conjunctions: 2.86024617483 2.79330140395 102% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0253411306043 0.030933414821 82% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.0016655270985 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.116959064327 0.0997080785238 117% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0214424951267 0.0249443105267 86% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0136452241715 0.0148568991511 92% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2785.0 2732.02544248 102% => OK
No of words: 458.0 452.878318584 101% => OK
Chars per words: 6.0807860262 6.0361032391 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.62611441266 4.58838876751 101% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.406113537118 0.366273622748 111% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.312227074236 0.280924506359 111% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.207423580786 0.200843997647 103% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.128820960699 0.132149295362 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.86024617483 2.79330140395 102% => OK
Unique words: 204.0 219.290929204 93% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.445414847162 0.48968727796 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Word variations: 49.4156813708 55.4138127331 89% => OK
How many sentences: 22.0 20.6194690265 107% => OK
Sentence length: 20.8181818182 23.380412469 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 54.1023097229 59.4972553346 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 126.590909091 141.124799967 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8181818182 23.380412469 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.363636363636 0.674092028746 54% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.94800884956 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.21349557522 38% => OK
Readability: 52.0408892418 51.4728631049 101% => OK
Elegance: 1.70085470085 1.64882698954 103% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.500652317993 0.391690518653 128% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.130529125786 0.123202303941 106% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0816183183749 0.077325440228 106% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.554861669024 0.547984918172 101% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.174220791741 0.149214159877 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.22206708891 0.161403998019 138% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.118836869561 0.0892212321368 133% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.449799040415 0.385218514788 117% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0690562841141 0.0692045440612 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.372429542573 0.275328986314 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.093204234813 0.0653680567796 143% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.4325221239 105% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.30420353982 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.88274336283 143% => OK
Positive topic words: 11.0 7.22455752212 152% => OK
Negative topic words: 3.0 3.66592920354 82% => OK
Neutral topic words: 4.0 2.70907079646 148% => OK
Total topic words: 18.0 13.5995575221 132% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6
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Note: This is not the final score. The e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.