Some people like to travel with a companion. Other people prefer to travel alone. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice (from the Official TOEFL Guide).
Nowadays, tourism is becoming more popular and accessible than ever was before and travelers can be divided into two major groups: those who like to travel in groups or with a companion and those who favor going on trips alone. Personally, I prefer to travel with someone, either in duo or with a couple of friends. I will address the reasons why I feel this way in the following paragraphs.
Firstly, having a travel buddy is much safer than going on a trip by yourself. Being alone in a foreign country, one may be more susceptible to getting scammed, robbed or taken advantage of. On the contrary, while in pair or a group, there are constantly more eyes and minds observing any situation, being aware of its potential risks and dangers. Moreover, even a random unfortunate event such as losing your cellphone, wallet or a suitcase can be dealt with undoubtedly easier if you have a friend or two, who still have their stuff with them.
Secondly, travelling with someone can be more fun and satisfying as well. You can plan your trip together, share opinions and joint experiences which you may then remember for the rest of your life. For instance, during summer break two years ago, I was road tripping in Baltics and Northern Europe with two of my buddies for almost three weeks and all the joys and troubles we went through together made it unforgettable for each of us. Additionally, having a travel buddy probably helps talking to locals and meeting new people too, because as a lone stranger one can look intimidating and therefore less approachable by others.
In conclusion, I easily prefer having a buddy on a trip with me over going on one by myself only. Major reasons why I feel this way are safety, dealing with unexpected emergencies, having someone to share with and talk to about your experiences and easier connecting with locals as well.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 490, Rule ID: ADVISE_VBG[5]
Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to talk' or 'talk'.
Suggestion: to talk; talk
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, firstly, if, look, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, still, then, therefore, well, while, for instance, i feel, in conclusion, such as, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 15.1003584229 79% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 9.8082437276 82% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 13.8261648746 145% => OK
Relative clauses : 4.0 11.0286738351 36% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 27.0 43.0788530466 63% => OK
Preposition: 47.0 52.1666666667 90% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 8.0752688172 25% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1547.0 1977.66487455 78% => OK
No of words: 324.0 407.700716846 79% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.77469135802 4.8611393121 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24264068712 4.48103885553 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.62563272145 2.67179642975 98% => OK
Unique words: 194.0 212.727598566 91% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.598765432099 0.524837075471 114% => OK
syllable_count: 479.7 618.680645161 78% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 9.59856630824 52% => OK
Article: 0.0 3.08781362007 0% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.51792114695 57% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.86738351254 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.94265232975 61% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 20.6003584229 63% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 24.0 20.1344086022 119% => OK
Sentence length SD: 58.2116115219 48.9658058833 119% => OK
Chars per sentence: 119.0 100.406767564 119% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.9230769231 20.6045352989 121% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.3846153846 5.45110844103 227% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.5376344086 18% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 11.8709677419 76% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.85842293907 52% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88709677419 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.200415048036 0.236089414692 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0732610217695 0.076458572812 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0526278110492 0.0737576698707 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126102763243 0.150856017488 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0508060658268 0.0645574589148 79% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 11.7677419355 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 58.1214874552 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 10.1575268817 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.68 10.9000537634 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.43 8.01818996416 105% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 86.8835125448 85% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.002688172 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.0537634409 115% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.
So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:
reasons == advantages or
reasons == disadvantages
for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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