Research indicates that the characteristics we are born with have much more influence on our personality and development than any experience we may have in our life. Which do you consider to be the major influence?
Although a plethora of reputable scientists have established through life-long studies that our genes play a pivotal role in shaping our personality and development, an opposite view, nevertheless, exists within the scientific community itself. Perhaps we should scrutinize research methods they employed as well as consider examples from our society before drawing a conclusion.
First of all, we are all familiar with cases portraying individuals who suffer from the same illnesses which previously beset their relatives. Despite adopting preventive measures, their body is wired to develop these...
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Sentence: Perhaps we should scrutinize research methods they employed as well as consider examples from our society before drawing a conclusion.
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Suggestion: Possible agreement error: Replace employed with verb, base: uninflected present, imperative or infinitive
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Suggestion: Refer to as and consider
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