The internet is viewed as an excellent means of communication by many. However, there are some who would argue that it is actually destroying our communication skills. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Since the establishment of the ARPNET, a small-scale military-operated miniature version of the internet, in the 1960s, the world has gone through a radical change in terms of how we communicate. Today, the internet has become the greatest network of connected devices outnumbering the population of the planet. Some people believe that the internet is the best way for interpersonal communication while others surmise that it is deteriorating our communication skills. Even though this world wide web is a worthwhile tool to communicate, this essay will argue that it is impeding our social skills.
Undoubtedly, compared to all the previous generations, in the twenty-first-century communication is happening at an unprecedented rate. Keeping up with friends and family is easier than ever before as the information can be obtained at the touch of a button. Facebook, WhatsApp and Snapchat, for instance, enable a user to know about their acquittance instantly via their notification. Also, whereas in the past, a person living abroad would usually write letters to their relatives and wait for days before getting a reply, now, the communication happens in almost like real-time that too with superior video quality. Due to such benefits, many people think that this technological advancement is one of the most significant breakthroughs of the present century and is an invaluable tool for communicating with others.
Notwithstanding the positives, others and I think that although the virtual communication is at its highest level today, it is negatively impacting our social skills. Apparently, with hundreds of chatting or social messaging apps, one can socially isolate themselves scrolling through such apps all day. This thought is bolstered by Harvard University’s study that concludes teenagers, as well as adults, prefer to stare at their devices instead of going to a park or interact with people in real. Obviously, if people are beginning to cut off themselves from reality and limiting their real-world interactions, it would bring repercussions instead of benefits. Therefore, others including myself strongly feel that the internet is destroying interpersonal skills despite its advantageous nature.
To conclude, in spite of the benefit of communicating instantaneously, the internet is inhibiting face-to-face interactions. Because of the millennials are more inclined towards virtual chat sessions instead of the real ones it is actually taking them away from the reality, eventually worsening their communication skills
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, apparently, but, first, if, so, therefore, well, whereas, while, for instance, i think, as well as, in spite of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 24.0651302605 141% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 54.0 41.998997996 129% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 8.3376753507 156% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2171.0 1615.20841683 134% => OK
No of words: 385.0 315.596192385 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.63896103896 5.12529762239 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4296068528 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.40290074984 2.80592935109 121% => OK
Unique words: 231.0 176.041082164 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.6 0.561755894193 107% => OK
syllable_count: 666.0 506.74238477 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 5.0 2.10420841683 238% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.7704526143 49.4020404114 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.6875 106.682146367 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0625 20.7667163134 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.9375 7.06120827912 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.175364156173 0.244688304435 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0558895282005 0.084324248473 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0497956410747 0.0667982634062 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.10751472332 0.151304729494 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0264763734842 0.056905535591 47% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.2 13.0946893788 131% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.66 50.2224549098 77% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.3001002004 122% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.73 12.4159519038 127% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.91 8.58950901804 115% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 78.4519038076 158% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 9.78957915832 128% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 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.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, apparently, but, first, if, so, therefore, well, whereas, while, for instance, i think, as well as, in spite of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 24.0651302605 141% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 54.0 41.998997996 129% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 8.3376753507 156% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2171.0 1615.20841683 134% => OK
No of words: 385.0 315.596192385 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.63896103896 5.12529762239 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4296068528 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.40290074984 2.80592935109 121% => OK
Unique words: 231.0 176.041082164 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.6 0.561755894193 107% => OK
syllable_count: 666.0 506.74238477 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 5.0 2.10420841683 238% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.7704526143 49.4020404114 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.6875 106.682146367 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0625 20.7667163134 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.9375 7.06120827912 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.175364156173 0.244688304435 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0558895282005 0.084324248473 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0497956410747 0.0667982634062 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.10751472332 0.151304729494 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0264763734842 0.056905535591 47% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.2 13.0946893788 131% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.66 50.2224549098 77% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.3001002004 122% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.73 12.4159519038 127% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.91 8.58950901804 115% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 78.4519038076 158% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 9.78957915832 128% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 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.