Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
It is more important to keep your old friends than it is to make new friends.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Be sure to use your own words. Do not use memorized examples.
In a lifetime, we are bound to meet many people, we get on well with some of them and they become our friends. As we grow up we meet new people and make new friends but it does not imply that they will replace our old ones. That is why I disagree with people who think that keeping old friends is more important than making new friends.
I think that there is no matter of more importance. Since old friends and new friends do not bring us the same things, we can not compare them. Indeed old friends are the ones we can count on; we trust them, they know us well, we have complicity and real friendship is just wondrful. When I feel sad or when I need to talk to someone about a se- rious problem, I go to see my old friends because they are reliable and I know that they will understand me more than anyone else. My old friends are very important to me and I agree with the fact that it is important to keep them and make efforts to keep contact.
However, I must admit that we are bound to lose some of our old friends sometimes. For example, I had a very good friend a few years ago but we do not see each other anymore since I moved in an other town. I guess that we also grew up and took a different way and there is no use to keep old friends when you realize that you have nothing left in common.
Therefore, it is also very important to make new friends. That is a way to learn, to change and they bring us different things. Making new friends makes us more open- minded, and in this way we can discover new personalities. For my part I enjoy making new friends, at school, at work, on holidays. I am conscious not to have close relation- ships with them at first but I need to be with other people and have fun. Sometimes they just remain acquaintances but they can also become good friends who could become old friends one day. For instance, I met a german girl on holiday two years ago and we got on very well, so we kept in touch and I went to visit her in Germany twice. She be- longs to this kind of people who you know that they will be important in your life, and who you know you can have a long and strong friendship with.
As a conclusion I would say that everybody need to have a at least few real and strong friendship.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 144, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Indeed,
...e same things, we can not compare them. Indeed old friends are the ones we can count o...
^^^^^^
Line 2, column 523, Rule ID: AGREE_WITH_THE_FACT[1]
Message: Use simply 'agree that'.
Suggestion: agree that
... friends are very important to me and I agree with the fact that it is important to keep them and make e...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 191, Rule ID: AN_OTHER[1]
Message: Did you mean 'another'? This word sequence is usually spelled together.
Suggestion: another
...see each other anymore since I moved in an other town. I guess that we also grew up and ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 276, Rule ID: USE_TO_VERB[1]
Message: Did you mean 'used'?
Suggestion: used
...nd took a different way and there is no use to keep old friends when you realize th...
^^^
Line 4, column 683, Rule ID: PERS_PRONOUN_AGREEMENT_SENT_START[5]
Message: Use third-person verb with 'She': 'is' or 'was'.
Suggestion: is; was
...went to visit her in Germany twice. She be- longs to this kind of people who you k...
^^
Line 4, column 683, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'She' must be used with a third-person verb: 'is'.
Suggestion: is
...went to visit her in Germany twice. She be- longs to this kind of people who you k...
^^
Line 5, column 57, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...I would say that everybody need to have a at least few real and strong friendship...
^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, so, therefore, well, at least, for example, for instance, i feel, i guess, i think, kind of, you know
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 15.1003584229 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 9.8082437276 143% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 13.8261648746 159% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.0286738351 172% => OK
Pronoun: 82.0 43.0788530466 190% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 48.0 52.1666666667 92% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.0752688172 37% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1805.0 1977.66487455 91% => OK
No of words: 443.0 407.700716846 109% => OK
Chars per words: 4.07449209932 4.8611393121 84% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.58776254615 4.48103885553 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.20291509571 2.67179642975 82% => OK
Unique words: 196.0 212.727598566 92% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.442437923251 0.524837075471 84% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 550.8 618.680645161 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.51630824373 79% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 18.0 9.59856630824 188% => OK
Article: 0.0 3.08781362007 0% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.51792114695 114% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.94265232975 121% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.6003584229 97% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.1344086022 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.6119921415 48.9658058833 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.25 100.406767564 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.15 20.6045352989 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.6 5.45110844103 121% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 5.5376344086 126% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 11.8709677419 152% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.85842293907 26% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.88709677419 20% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.249208939414 0.236089414692 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0851234150433 0.076458572812 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0694592756268 0.0737576698707 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.133945067065 0.150856017488 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0673978169178 0.0645574589148 104% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.8 11.7677419355 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 82.98 58.1214874552 143% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.2 10.1575268817 71% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 6.33 10.9000537634 58% => Coleman_liau_index is low.
dale_chall_readability_score: 6.15 8.01818996416 77% => OK
difficult_words: 40.0 86.8835125448 46% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.002688172 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.0537634409 107% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 10.247311828 78% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 144, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Indeed,
...e same things, we can not compare them. Indeed old friends are the ones we can count o...
^^^^^^
Line 2, column 523, Rule ID: AGREE_WITH_THE_FACT[1]
Message: Use simply 'agree that'.
Suggestion: agree that
... friends are very important to me and I agree with the fact that it is important to keep them and make e...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 191, Rule ID: AN_OTHER[1]
Message: Did you mean 'another'? This word sequence is usually spelled together.
Suggestion: another
...see each other anymore since I moved in an other town. I guess that we also grew up and ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 276, Rule ID: USE_TO_VERB[1]
Message: Did you mean 'used'?
Suggestion: used
...nd took a different way and there is no use to keep old friends when you realize th...
^^^
Line 4, column 683, Rule ID: PERS_PRONOUN_AGREEMENT_SENT_START[5]
Message: Use third-person verb with 'She': 'is' or 'was'.
Suggestion: is; was
...went to visit her in Germany twice. She be- longs to this kind of people who you k...
^^
Line 4, column 683, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'She' must be used with a third-person verb: 'is'.
Suggestion: is
...went to visit her in Germany twice. She be- longs to this kind of people who you k...
^^
Line 5, column 57, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...I would say that everybody need to have a at least few real and strong friendship...
^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, so, therefore, well, at least, for example, for instance, i feel, i guess, i think, kind of, you know
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 15.1003584229 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 9.8082437276 143% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 13.8261648746 159% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.0286738351 172% => OK
Pronoun: 82.0 43.0788530466 190% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 48.0 52.1666666667 92% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.0752688172 37% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1805.0 1977.66487455 91% => OK
No of words: 443.0 407.700716846 109% => OK
Chars per words: 4.07449209932 4.8611393121 84% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.58776254615 4.48103885553 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.20291509571 2.67179642975 82% => OK
Unique words: 196.0 212.727598566 92% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.442437923251 0.524837075471 84% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 550.8 618.680645161 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.51630824373 79% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 18.0 9.59856630824 188% => OK
Article: 0.0 3.08781362007 0% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.51792114695 114% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.94265232975 121% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.6003584229 97% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.1344086022 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.6119921415 48.9658058833 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.25 100.406767564 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.15 20.6045352989 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.6 5.45110844103 121% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 5.5376344086 126% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 11.8709677419 152% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.85842293907 26% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.88709677419 20% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.249208939414 0.236089414692 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0851234150433 0.076458572812 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0694592756268 0.0737576698707 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.133945067065 0.150856017488 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0673978169178 0.0645574589148 104% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.8 11.7677419355 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 82.98 58.1214874552 143% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.2 10.1575268817 71% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 6.33 10.9000537634 58% => Coleman_liau_index is low.
dale_chall_readability_score: 6.15 8.01818996416 77% => OK
difficult_words: 40.0 86.8835125448 46% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.002688172 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.0537634409 107% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 10.247311828 78% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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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.