Claim: The best test of an argument is its ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
Reason: Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting ideas of others does one really discover the value of that idea.
In the given claim it is said that the best way to test an argument is the ability to convince others having different views. The reason given for this claim is that only by defending a given argument we would come to know the true value of that idea. Indeed, if a person involves in a discussion or debate gets to know others viewpoint and opposing factors that are against his idea. I have always liked to participate in a discussion from the beginning of my college days. It has helped me analysing my viewpoint most accurately and thinking before i get into any discussion, simply jumping into any conclusion without having much knowledge will not do any good to the argument for which I am holding my viewpoints.
There are many people who do not think twice before taking part in any debate because they think emotionally. Without proper valid points or knowledge about any topic would certainly give advantage to others. Discussion is not always winning or hoping that our understanding is better than others. It is also about learning. When we get involve in any discussion, there are people who have different viewpoints and that can be more convincing than ours. We should always be prepared to listen to others as it gives us opportunity to learn from others. Through this we also realise how strong our idea is against the doubts and contrasting views of others.
There are situation when the discussion becomes a heated argument if one wants to impose his viewpoints on others. We should always respect others and their ideas. Suppose, for example, there is discussion about “reservation to minority” is going on and according to some people the reservation should be banned and the students should be provided means to prepare for any competition than to give reservation. Obviously it would help students to boost their knowledge and will be strong candidate like others. Simply giving reservation and filling seats in colleges or any other institution only to show the number of reserved candidates is not going to solve problem for such students. Knowledge is only means through which they can give a real competition. Some people may agree to this but others might oppose. They might say that many institutions only take students with high percentages in intermediate level. Since they did not had a proper means to study, neither they had money to spend on good schools, how can they ever compete with such students. The only way is to give reservation to minorities. Here everybody is giving his viewpoints what should be done and what shouldn’t. We should listen to them carefully and see if our idea is still strong enough to hold.
Only through experience in life we get to know many situations. So, it is very important to have convincing ideas before convincing anybody else. We should not jump into the discussion only to convince others that our idea is the best and if they are convinced then only our viewpoint will be correct. In the given reason it is said that only being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting ideas of others does one really discover the value of idea. However, it might not be the case always. There is no doubt that we learn through discussion and it helps in finding how strong and convincing our idea is, but if anybody is not much convinced or have different viewpoint which is wrong from our perspective, it is not really not necessary to convince them.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 493, Rule ID: ADVISE_VBG[9]
Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to analyse' or 'analyse'.
Suggestion: to analyse; analyse
...ng of my college days. It has helped me analysing my viewpoint most accurately and thinki...
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Line 1, column 552, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...int most accurately and thinking before i get into any discussion, simply jumping...
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Line 7, column 11, Rule ID: THERE_RE_MANY[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. Did you mean 'situations'?
Suggestion: situations
...rasting views of others. There are situation when the discussion becomes a heated ar...
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Line 7, column 947, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'did' requires the base form of the verb: 'have'
Suggestion: have
... intermediate level. Since they did not had a proper means to study, neither they h...
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Line 9, column 504, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[3]
Message: The adverb 'always' is usually not used at the end of a sentence.
...idea. However, it might not be the case always. There is no doubt that we learn throug...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, really, so, still, then, for example, no doubt
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 36.0 19.5258426966 184% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 12.4196629213 161% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 62.0 33.0505617978 188% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 75.0 58.6224719101 128% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2866.0 2235.4752809 128% => OK
No of words: 593.0 442.535393258 134% => OK
Chars per words: 4.83305227656 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.93473315629 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68299816722 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 250.0 215.323595506 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.421585160202 0.4932671777 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 891.0 704.065955056 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 30.0 20.2370786517 148% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 58.7524089341 60.3974514979 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.5333333333 118.986275619 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.7666666667 23.4991977007 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.5 5.21951772744 48% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.325872316279 0.243740707755 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.085963942444 0.0831039109588 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.129254667489 0.0758088955206 171% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.216347960714 0.150359130593 144% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.141186542855 0.0667264976115 212% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.2 14.1392134831 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 48.8420337079 124% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.73 12.1639044944 88% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.14 8.38706741573 85% => OK
difficult_words: 96.0 100.480337079 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 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: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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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.