Only after one has endured sadness,will he value his happiness more!!
Most people crave for happiness through out their lives and avert from any sadness and often try to divert from it by indulging in various activities.In my opinion sadness and happiness go hand in hand and the absence of any of them makes our lives meaningless.Sadness is the start of journey to the heart of true happiness and it is through sadness that people connect with each other.To support my opinion, I would like to mention briefly about Lord Buddha and Pablo Picasso , the great spanish painter and sculptor.
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I did write it in half an
I did write it in half an hour for sure as i wrote it during a prep gre test (timed
).princeton people just gave me a 5 for this essay!
Well, it is a great essay. I just couldn't find any errors. Both language and structure are perfect.
One thing need to be reminded, the essay has No. of Words:528. Did you write it in half an hour?
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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 5.5 - 6.0 out of 6
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 8 15
No. of Words: 528 350
No. of Characters: 2374 1500
No. of Different Words: 254 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.794 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.496 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.262 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 149 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 113 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 56 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 42 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 66 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 30.327 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.625 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.447 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.709 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.248 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5