Some people think history has nothing or little to tell us, but others think that studying the past history can help us better understand the present. Discuss the two views and give your own opinion.
Some individuals are of the opinion that studying the past history is useless today, but others believe it is very essential to know history to better understand the present. I intend to discuss both sides of the argument in this essay. I believe that there is a lot to gain through the study of history and it is far from useless.
On the one hand, the main reason given by those opposed to the study of history is that the past was very different from the present, and people cannot apply that knowledge to the present. For example, they say that French Revolution and the Freedom Struggle of India have no need to be learnt because those situations will never arise again. They say that instead of digging in the past, people should focus on the present and the future.
On the other hand, there are reasons why some believe that the study of history is of value even today. Studying the past history can enable us to better understand what is going on around us. For example, the relevant knowledge of history would tell us how people progressed and reached where they are today. Secondly, history can serve us as a guide because of which people would not repeat the mistakes of yesteryears. People also get inspiration from the great men of the past through history.
I believe that the study of history is imperative for everyone, even for professionals, such as architects and accountants. They would be better in their professions if they know something about the history of architecture or that of accountancy. What is more, even if the freedom struggle and the French Revolution would not come again, this knowledge makes people realize the importance of liberty and self-governance. So, studying the past can never be a waste of time.
To sum up, studying the past history can not only deepen and widen people's knowledge, but also help them develop the power of analysis. Thus, people are able to look at what is happening at present from a historical perspective and better understanding.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, look, second, secondly, so, thus, for example, such as, to sum up, what is more, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 7.85571142285 153% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 10.4138276553 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 24.0651302605 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 54.0 41.998997996 129% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1668.0 1615.20841683 103% => OK
No of words: 347.0 315.596192385 110% => OK
Chars per words: 4.80691642651 5.12529762239 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.31600926901 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60910546705 2.80592935109 93% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 176.041082164 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.478386167147 0.561755894193 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 524.7 506.74238477 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.8870110399 49.4020404114 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.1176470588 106.682146367 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.4117647059 20.7667163134 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.64705882353 7.06120827912 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 8.67935871743 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.370356542741 0.244688304435 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.127619196488 0.084324248473 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0960173417112 0.0667982634062 144% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.214112917449 0.151304729494 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0936225799472 0.056905535591 165% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 13.0946893788 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 50.2224549098 119% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.3001002004 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.62 12.4159519038 86% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.54 8.58950901804 88% => OK
difficult_words: 64.0 78.4519038076 82% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.7795591182 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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