Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim In developing and supporting your position be su

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Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.

In today’s world, Scandals have become a commonplace phenomenon. Be it a politician accused of a scandal involving bribery, or a sportsperson involved in a sex scandal, these scandals have brought to the public notice the wrongdoings of several people. So, even though the word scandal does not have a very nice ring to it, since it is always associated with something bad, it does help focus people’s attention towards a problem in ways that no speaker or reformer ever can.

Most scandals today are associated with politics, because politics is one such domain where power and money both co...

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 169, Rule ID: DURING_THE_COURSE_OF[1]
Message: Use simply 'during'.
Suggestion: during
...mpion, was found guilty of taking drugs during the course of his career. This came as a huge shock ...
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Line 7, column 283, Rule ID: MANY_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun well seems to be countable; consider using: 'several wells'.
Suggestion: several wells
...to the standard regulations preached by several well knows sportspersons, then they have alr...
^^^^^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, if, so, then, thus, well

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 33.0505617978 91% => OK
Preposition: 54.0 58.6224719101 92% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2346.0 2235.4752809 105% => OK
No of words: 468.0 442.535393258 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01282051282 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.65116196802 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88966003969 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 263.0 215.323595506 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.561965811966 0.4932671777 114% => OK
syllable_count: 732.6 704.065955056 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.740449438202 135% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 9.0 1.77640449438 507% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 20.2370786517 79% => OK
Sentence length: 29.0 23.0359550562 126% => OK
Sentence length SD: 72.4870678121 60.3974514979 120% => OK
Chars per sentence: 146.625 118.986275619 123% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.25 23.4991977007 124% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.8125 5.21951772744 54% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 10.2758426966 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.139792042177 0.243740707755 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0446968284971 0.0831039109588 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0429863486711 0.0758088955206 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.093310011723 0.150359130593 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0495439008565 0.0667264976115 74% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.8 14.1392134831 119% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.04 48.8420337079 86% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 12.1743820225 120% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.37 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.19 8.38706741573 110% => OK
difficult_words: 122.0 100.480337079 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 11.2143820225 121% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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