Imagine that you are in a classroom or a meeting. The teacher or the meeting leader says something incorrect. In your opinion, which of the following is the best thing to do?
-Interrupt and correct the mistake right away
-Wait until the class or meeting is over and the people are gone, and then talk to the teacher or meeting leader
-Say nothing
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Granted, mistakes are inevitable in one's life. Some may thus argue that we should not point out the mistakes of others directly. Probably a type of compensation is to wait until the class or meeting is over, and then talk to the speaker indirectly. However, the priority of a class or a meeting is to acquire new information, and we cannot make wrong one conveyed to listeners. Thus, I contend that we should point out the mistake directly when it happens.
Opposers may regard it as a behavior that violate the etiquette, and try to despise people who dare do this. However, it is clear that covering or even whitewashing others' mistakes, no matter a blunder or a peccadillo, should not be part of proper etiquette. The social circumstance should encourage rather than prevent the brave behavior to point out mistakes. It is the fact that mistakes are not uncommon, that correcting behavior is not a violating to others' personality or doubt on others' capability. Everyone makes mistakes, so it is not a shame.
Moreover, despite the fact that interrupting others presentation leads to the gap between listeners' thoughts, the advantages can outweigh disadvantages. If listeners perceive incorrect information at the first glance, it is usually rather difficult to correct them. So once the speaker makes a mistake, especially a blunder one, we are supposed to point out immediately. Considering the fact that not all the listeners can recognize the mistake, it will assist them to reconsider the knowlegde in their head. Instead, if you delay until the ending or remain silent, others will lose the chance to form the authentic concept in their heads, which will deteriorate the outcome of the class or meeting.
By pointing out the mistakes, the process of class or meeting can be facilitated, especially when the speech is logically presented. After the speaker making a mistake, even a minor one, when he plan to refer to it later, he may encounter a contradiction between what he has said and what he is saying. Usually it will take rather long period of time to settle the dillema, which will obstruct the process of the speech and even make the speaker more embarrassed. Pointing out mistakes immediately can prevent this awkward situation from happening.
Admittedly, it is not an easy nut to crack to interrupt the speech and point out mistakes, especially when the speaker is extinguished. Whereas, considering all the aforementioned benefits, we should be bravery and lift our hands firmly.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 37, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
Granted, mistakes are inevitable in ones life. Some may thus argue that we shoul...
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Line 2, column 487, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'others'' or 'other's'?
Suggestion: others'; other's
...ating to others personality or doubt on others capability. Everyone makes mistakes, so...
^^^^^^
Line 4, column 195, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'he' must be used with a third-person verb: 'plans'.
Suggestion: plans
...ng a mistake, even a minor one, when he plan to refer to it later, he may encounter ...
^^^^
Line 4, column 336, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...aying. Usually it will take rather long period of time to settle the dillema, which will obstr...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, may, moreover, so, then, thus, whereas
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 15.1003584229 119% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 9.8082437276 184% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 13.8261648746 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.0286738351 136% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 43.0788530466 84% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 52.1666666667 92% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.0752688172 87% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2089.0 1977.66487455 106% => OK
No of words: 416.0 407.700716846 102% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02163461538 4.8611393121 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.51620172871 4.48103885553 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.91258773232 2.67179642975 109% => OK
Unique words: 209.0 212.727598566 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.502403846154 0.524837075471 96% => OK
syllable_count: 654.3 618.680645161 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 9.59856630824 104% => OK
Article: 4.0 3.08781362007 130% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.51792114695 114% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.86738351254 161% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.94265232975 101% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.6003584229 102% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.1344086022 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.909032011 48.9658058833 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.4761904762 100.406767564 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.8095238095 20.6045352989 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.7619047619 5.45110844103 51% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.5376344086 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 11.8709677419 34% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 16.0 3.85842293907 415% => Less 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: 0.112461253249 0.236089414692 48% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0350123252689 0.076458572812 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0361701704113 0.0737576698707 49% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.060666756591 0.150856017488 40% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0362310420465 0.0645574589148 56% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 11.7677419355 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 58.1214874552 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 10.1575268817 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 10.9000537634 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.49 8.01818996416 106% => OK
difficult_words: 103.0 86.8835125448 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.002688172 80% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.0537634409 95% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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