TOEFL. Independent writing. Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a bigcity

I lived in a small town during my school days and moved to a big city for college and eventually work. Both small towns and big cities have their own pros and cos, however I prefer living in big cities. I believe living in big cities raises the standard of living and also provides better opportunities for personal growth.

There is no doubt that standard of living is lot higher in big cities compared to small towns, cities have better infrastructure, more active law and order and better public utility services. Small towns may not have metros and public bus infrastructure and because of little media scrutiny the law and order situation too may not be upto mark. When I was living in a small town we didn’t have any public transport and had to rely on personal vehicles completely. Moreover when I had to give exams for my college admissions, I would have to travel to the nearest city for the exam center.

Another important area where big cities excel is the exposure and opportunities they provide. Almost all cities are filled with diverse people from different bag-rounds, interacting with such people helps develop a broader perspective. Opportunities available to the residents are also lot more than can be expected from a small towns as most of the companies setup their offices in cities. When my parents moved to Mumbai, it was very easy for me to apply for various jobs, there was no dearth of opportunities in Mumbai, the companies themselves usually prefer to hire from local talent pool to save costs.

Small towns have their own advantages, they are great for growing up. When I was growing up in a small town, I played in the biggest play grounds I have seen, and almost the entire town was my friend one way or the other. But in today’s world cities offer a lot better opportunity for one’s future and is infact evident from the growing urbanization numbers year on year.

Votes
Average: 7 (1 vote)
Essay Categories

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 470, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Moreover,
...o rely on personal vehicles completely. Moreover when I had to give exams for my college...
^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 330, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'town'?
Suggestion: town
... more than can be expected from a small towns as most of the companies setup their of...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 351, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'companies'' or 'company's'?
Suggestion: companies'; company's
...ected from a small towns as most of the companies setup their offices in cities. When my ...
^^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, moreover, so, no doubt

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 15.1003584229 93% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 9.8082437276 41% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 13.8261648746 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 11.0286738351 54% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 23.0 43.0788530466 53% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 52.1666666667 71% => 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: 1590.0 1977.66487455 80% => OK
No of words: 333.0 407.700716846 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.77477477477 4.8611393121 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.27180144563 4.48103885553 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.62421915354 2.67179642975 98% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 212.727598566 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.525525525526 0.524837075471 100% => OK
syllable_count: 498.6 618.680645161 81% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 9.59856630824 63% => OK
Interrogative: 3.0 0.994623655914 302% => OK
Article: 1.0 3.08781362007 32% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 4.94265232975 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 20.6003584229 68% => 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: 23.0 20.1344086022 114% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.1455991524 48.9658058833 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.571428571 100.406767564 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.7857142857 20.6045352989 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.64285714286 5.45110844103 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 11.8709677419 76% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.85842293907 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.88709677419 102% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.20453945924 0.236089414692 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0807856062557 0.076458572812 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0633131475895 0.0737576698707 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.133124404742 0.150856017488 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0683381619168 0.0645574589148 106% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 11.7677419355 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 58.1214874552 97% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 10.1575268817 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.68 10.9000537634 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.38 8.01818996416 105% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 86.8835125448 87% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.002688172 110% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.0537634409 111% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.247311828 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?

---------------------
We are expecting: No. of Words: 350 while No. of Different Words: 200
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: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
---------------------
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.