More houses are needed in many countries to cope with increasing populations. Would it be better to build houses in existing towns and cities, or to develop new towns in rural areas?
It is true that populations in many countries are growing and that new housing is therefore needed. In my opinion, it would be better to increase the provision of housing by creating new towns rather than by further developing existing towns and cities.
There are some reasons why we should not build new houses in existing towns. Firstly, existing towns will not be overcrowded and congested. Traffic problem will also be less due to this. With this, medical and education facilities will not be burdened. Secondly, no need to cut down trees to create new space for creating new houses in existin...
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Sentence: At the same time, due to the vast areas of new city, governments and individuals do not need to build high rise apartment which are not safe to live.
Description: The fragment rise apartment which is not usually followed by are
Suggestion: Possible agreement error: Replace are with is
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No. of Words: 282 350
No. of Different Words: 157 200
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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 7.5 out of 9
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 16 15
No. of Words: 282 350
No. of Characters: 1356 1500
No. of Different Words: 157 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.098 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.809 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.578 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 95 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 73 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 48 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 29 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 17.625 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 9.44 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.5 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.318 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.5 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.072 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5