In the modern era, people’s tendency towards immigrating to different countries
has increased because of different purposes like embarking on a new academic or
occupational life. One of the most urgent problems for prospective immigrants is how
they can get familiar with different countries and, accordingly, choose their destination.
In this regard, people’s opinions are divided as to whether newspapers and magazines are
the best way to learn about different aspects of a foreign country or not. Despite the fact
that newspapers and magazines can provide people with beneficial insights about a
country, it is my firm conviction that reading local newspapers and magazines is not the
best feasible option. To support this, there are several reasons, two of which are going to
be aptly explored in the following.
First and foremost, the reason why it is not a prudent course of action for people
to use newspapers and magazines as their best source to get to know a country lies in the
fact that they do not provide people with accurate news or of pieces of information. Most
of reporters are not unbiased enough to pay painstaking attention to the completeness,
accuracy, and impartiality of the news due their inclination towards a specific party. As a
result, they may eliminate some parts of the news, exaggerate some details, and in some
cases, fabricate some stories in favor of the party. According to statistics, more than
seventy percent of people in Islamic Republic of Iran, flatly reject that the newspapers
reflect the real circumstances of the society. On the contrary, they believe that the
newspapers and magazines accentuate the pieces of information which are in favor of the
Iranian Government. Moreover, magazines and newspapers need money to stay in
business so they may disregard the importance of adhering to moral standards and may
change the contents to escalate the number of readers for economic interests
Another worthwhile reason to be mentioned is that travelling to a foreign country,
rather than reading some pieces of information, is said to be the best way to learn a lot
of intricate details about that country. Generally speaking, in order to find the best way
to work out a purpose, people should explore different ways and adopt on the ones which
seem more sensible. According to sociologists, the best way to learn about a subject, no matter what it is, is by gaining firsthand experience and information. However, in
newspapers and magazines the publishers tell the stories using their own angles and
perspectives, which is second hand experience and cannot be beneficial as much. Take
my personal experience as a compelling example, a couple of years ago I had made up my
mind to immigrate to Germany to pursue my studies. According to magazines and
newspapers, German people seemed very inhospitable, but I took a short trip to Germany
to get to know the country better, and that was enough for me to understand that I was
totally wrong about the Germans’ personality traits. Had I not gained firsthand
experience, I would have chosen another country to pursue my studies in.
In summary of what has been illustrated and discussed in detail, it is a foregone
conclusion that newspapers and magazines are not the best possible option for leaning
about a country. The newspapers inaccuracy, coupled with the importance of one’s
firsthand experience, is the reason which strengthens my claim.
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 47, Rule ID: WHETHER[6]
Message: Can you shorten this phrase to just 'whether', or rephrase the sentence to avoid "as to"?
Suggestion: whether
...s regard, people’s opinions are divided as to whether newspapers and magazines are the best ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 13, column 86, Rule ID: MOST_SOME_OF_NNS[1]
Message: After 'Most of', you should use 'the' ('Most of the reporters') or simply say ''Most reporters''.
Suggestion: Most of the reporters; Most reporters
...urate news or of pieces of information. Most of reporters are not unbiased enough to pay painstak...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 39, column 22, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'newspapers'' or 'newspaper's'?
Suggestion: newspapers'; newspaper's
...ption for leaning about a country. The newspapers inaccuracy, coupled with the importance...
^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, but, first, however, if, may, moreover, second, so, then, while, as to, in summary, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 15.1003584229 166% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 9.8082437276 92% => OK
Conjunction : 24.0 13.8261648746 174% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.0286738351 136% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 43.0788530466 86% => OK
Preposition: 86.0 52.1666666667 165% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 8.0752688172 198% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2954.0 1977.66487455 149% => OK
No of words: 566.0 407.700716846 139% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.21908127208 4.8611393121 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.87757670434 4.48103885553 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95318642191 2.67179642975 111% => OK
Unique words: 273.0 212.727598566 128% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.482332155477 0.524837075471 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 909.9 618.680645161 147% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.59856630824 83% => OK
Article: 5.0 3.08781362007 162% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.86738351254 214% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 17.0 4.94265232975 344% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 29.0 20.1344086022 144% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 72.5704548293 48.9658058833 148% => OK
Chars per sentence: 155.473684211 100.406767564 155% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.7894736842 20.6045352989 145% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.89473684211 5.45110844103 108% => OK
Paragraphs: 40.0 4.53405017921 882% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 11.8709677419 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.85842293907 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.88709677419 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.289823332224 0.236089414692 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0906596195379 0.076458572812 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0853275124425 0.0737576698707 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0632341322322 0.150856017488 42% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0726714329796 0.0645574589148 113% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.1 11.7677419355 154% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.04 58.1214874552 72% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 10.1575268817 144% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.59 10.9000537634 125% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.06 8.01818996416 113% => OK
difficult_words: 143.0 86.8835125448 165% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.002688172 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 10.0537634409 135% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 10.247311828 146% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 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 5, column 47, Rule ID: WHETHER[6]
Message: Can you shorten this phrase to just 'whether', or rephrase the sentence to avoid "as to"?
Suggestion: whether
...s regard, people’s opinions are divided as to whether newspapers and magazines are the best ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 13, column 86, Rule ID: MOST_SOME_OF_NNS[1]
Message: After 'Most of', you should use 'the' ('Most of the reporters') or simply say ''Most reporters''.
Suggestion: Most of the reporters; Most reporters
...urate news or of pieces of information. Most of reporters are not unbiased enough to pay painstak...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 39, column 22, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'newspapers'' or 'newspaper's'?
Suggestion: newspapers'; newspaper's
...ption for leaning about a country. The newspapers inaccuracy, coupled with the importance...
^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, but, first, however, if, may, moreover, second, so, then, while, as to, in summary, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 15.1003584229 166% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 9.8082437276 92% => OK
Conjunction : 24.0 13.8261648746 174% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.0286738351 136% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 43.0788530466 86% => OK
Preposition: 86.0 52.1666666667 165% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 8.0752688172 198% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2954.0 1977.66487455 149% => OK
No of words: 566.0 407.700716846 139% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.21908127208 4.8611393121 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.87757670434 4.48103885553 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95318642191 2.67179642975 111% => OK
Unique words: 273.0 212.727598566 128% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.482332155477 0.524837075471 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 909.9 618.680645161 147% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.59856630824 83% => OK
Article: 5.0 3.08781362007 162% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.86738351254 214% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 17.0 4.94265232975 344% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 29.0 20.1344086022 144% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 72.5704548293 48.9658058833 148% => OK
Chars per sentence: 155.473684211 100.406767564 155% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.7894736842 20.6045352989 145% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.89473684211 5.45110844103 108% => OK
Paragraphs: 40.0 4.53405017921 882% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 11.8709677419 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.85842293907 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.88709677419 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.289823332224 0.236089414692 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0906596195379 0.076458572812 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0853275124425 0.0737576698707 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0632341322322 0.150856017488 42% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0726714329796 0.0645574589148 113% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.1 11.7677419355 154% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.04 58.1214874552 72% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 10.1575268817 144% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.59 10.9000537634 125% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.06 8.01818996416 113% => OK
difficult_words: 143.0 86.8835125448 165% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.002688172 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 10.0537634409 135% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 10.247311828 146% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 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.