Some people think that the increasing use of computers and mobile phones for communication has a negative effect on young people’s reading and writing skills. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
It is sometimes believed that smart (communication) devices (that are) used by the young in daily communication has some adverse impacts on their literacy skills. While I acknowledge the logic behind this suggestion, I still firmly disagree with it for several reasons.
Those who believe that communicating by/on/with these devices more often brings about negative effects on how well young users read and write may have several arguments. They may well argue that various sources of distractions on computers and mobile phones can prevent young people from focusing on reading and writing activities. For example, when notifications on social media or emails appear, teenagers may / tend to / are likely to check them. These young users may procrastinate their reading, which can lead to a decrease in their attention span, and thus they easily become bored while reading. Another possible argument is that abusing digital communication can be detrimental to formal writing. For instance, when texting young people usually use slangs or abbreviations, they can be familiar with such expressions, which are inappropriate for the formality of the situation if used in an essay or a résumé.
Nevertheless, I still oppose this view for several reasons. Chief among these is that various programs and digital platforms can help improve writing skills. A case in point is Grammarly, a writing assisting program, which gives detailed feedback, explanations and suggestions for users’ sentences. Thus, the young users can learn from their mistakes, thereby gradually enhancing their ability to write a sentence or an essay. The second reason is that communication technology can provide young users access to valuable sources of reading materials. A good Illustration for this is that computers and mobiles with Internet connections can allow their users to read scientific research and studies on Google Scholar, as well as novels and fiction on Wattpad.
In conclusion, it is understandable why some may argue that using computers and mobile phones increasingly will/may discourage young individuals from developing their ability to read and write. However, I cannot support such a view given the aforementioned reasons.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
however, if, may, nevertheless, second, so, still, thus, well, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 7.85571142285 204% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 15.0 10.4138276553 144% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 7.30460921844 205% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 34.0 24.0651302605 141% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 36.0 41.998997996 86% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 8.3376753507 144% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1886.0 1615.20841683 117% => OK
No of words: 342.0 315.596192385 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.51461988304 5.12529762239 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.30037696126 4.20363070211 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.97814624503 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 196.0 176.041082164 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.573099415205 0.561755894193 102% => OK
syllable_count: 576.9 506.74238477 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 5.43587174349 166% => OK
Article: 5.0 2.52805611222 198% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.76152304609 21% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.6554517948 49.4020404114 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.875 106.682146367 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.375 20.7667163134 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.625 7.06120827912 108% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.9879759519 150% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.274247384658 0.244688304435 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.086833067553 0.084324248473 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0697564560545 0.0667982634062 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.172881441045 0.151304729494 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.037075708482 0.056905535591 65% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.2 13.0946893788 116% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.68 12.4159519038 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.57 8.58950901804 111% => OK
difficult_words: 106.0 78.4519038076 135% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 10.7795591182 139% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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Note: 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.