You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Currently there is a trend towards the use of alternative forms of medicine. However, at best these methods are ineffective, and at worst they may be dangerous.
To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.
Write at least 250 words.
Alternative medicine is not new. It is accepted that it pre-dates conventional medicine and it is still used by many people all over the world. I am unconvinced that it is dangerous, and feel that both alternative and conventional medicine can be useful.
There are several reasons why the conventional medical community is often dismissive of alternatives. Firstly, there has been little scientific research into such medicine, so there is a scarcity of evidence to support the claims of their supporters. Furthermore, people often try such treatment because of recommendations from friends, and therefore come to the therapist with a very positive attitude, which may be part of the reason for the cure. Moreover, these therapies are usually only useful for long-term, chronic conditions. Acute medical problems, such as accidental injury, often require more conventional methods.
On the other hand, there remain strong arguments for the use of alternatives. Despite the lack of scientific proof, there is a lot of anecdotal evidence to suggest that these therapies work. In addition, far from being dangerous, they often have few or no side effects, so the worst outcome would be no change. One of the strongest arguments for the effectiveness of alternative therapies in the West is that, whilst conventional medicine is available without charge, many people are prepared to pay considerable sums for alternatives. If they were totally unhelpful, it would be surprising if this continued.
I strongly believe that conventional medicine and alternative therapies can and should coexist. They have different strengths, and can both be used effectively to target particular medical problems. The best situation would be for alternative therapies to be used to support and complement conventional medicine.
Discourse Markers used:
['first', 'firstly', 'furthermore', 'if', 'may', 'moreover', 'so', 'still', 'therefore', 'in addition', 'such as', 'on the other hand']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.187301587302 0.268076937826 70% => OK
Verbs: 0.146031746032 0.116061578633 126% => OK
Adjectives: 0.161904761905 0.0759168565197 213% => Less adjectives wanted.
Adverbs: 0.0539682539683 0.0366838410393 147% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0349206349206 0.0131127313244 266% => OK
Prepositions: 0.12380952381 0.155750635184 79% => OK
Participles: 0.0253968253968 0.0379272487307 67% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.16069410809 2.65546596893 119% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0222222222222 0.0210936926555 105% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.00175180941692 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.0793650793651 0.0948980150116 84% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0253968253968 0.00437022459523 581% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00634920634921 0.00967000014798 66% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1815.0 1161.00487805 156% => OK
No of words: 280.0 196.9 142% => OK
Chars per words: 6.48214285714 5.90752243213 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09062348924 3.73763899035 109% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.403571428571 0.337110787985 120% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.353571428571 0.247514529752 143% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.278571428571 0.171178102325 163% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.214285714286 0.112407865282 191% => Too many words length more than 8 chars.
Word Length SD: 3.16069410809 2.65546596893 119% => OK
Unique words: 158.0 106.607317073 148% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.564285714286 0.546246751206 103% => OK
Word variations: 58.2615982473 49.3433353143 118% => OK
How many sentences: 16.0 8.93414634146 179% => OK
Sentence length: 17.5 23.0094962315 76% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.8430857965 42.9750493124 104% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.4375 135.714022679 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.5 23.0094962315 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.75 0.689975730869 109% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 3.84146341463 104% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 1.48048780488 0% => OK
Readability: 52.8571428571 47.7609492067 111% => OK
Elegance: 1.43243243243 2.94281807926 49% => Essaays need to be developed more elegantly.
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.343082392899 0.418131533498 82% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0973860709772 0.181151798455 54% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0944908093378 0.0850326197045 111% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.524767473501 0.706616315825 74% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.167006188928 0.157042692854 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.128856626157 0.228904883108 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0593136417797 0.108899403657 54% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.251388086354 0.367819155151 68% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.119915251121 0.0812612215331 148% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.218195081189 0.316326947829 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0567468268516 0.0921553760075 62% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 3.70731707317 270% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 1.14146341463 350% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.08536585366 49% => OK
Positive topic words: 9.0 3.16585365854 284% => OK
Negative topic words: 0.0 0.956097560976 0% => OK
Neutral topic words: 1.0 3.02926829268 33% => OK
Total topic words: 10.0 7.1512195122 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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Note: This is not the final score. 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.