Originality does not mean thinking something that was never thought before; it means putting old ideas together in new ways.
What is original? Is it something that is completely new or is it something that is just putting old ideas in a new form. There is not a single definition of original that can encompass the depth of the meaning contained in this word. Like base of the pyramid is the most important part to supports all the structure above it. Similarly, I believe that some unique idea is essential part for other innovations to happen. Hence, originality can defined as something derived from old ideas or it can be a creation that is never thought before. I disagree with the definition given by the author that it is merely a wrapping of some old idea. To advocate this viewpoint, some examples will be presented in the passage below.
In my opinion, originality also means unwrapping some mystery and coming up with unique thoughts. Let me embellish this point. We all know how propulsion technology has revolutionized the world of satellite launch. According to the author, propulsion technology is not an original creation, but I contradict this point. I do not think that satellite can be launched without it. Propulsion is a true original technology and is not merely an amalgam of some ideas put together in some fashionable form. It is something new and innovative. Hence, I believe that coming up with new stuff also constitutes as an originality.
As an illustration, we can also see example of Facebook and other social networks. These ideas aptly fits into the definition of originality mentioned in the statement as existing idea helped in development of these new websites. Hence, I think it is irrefutable that novel ideas are required for further development and innovation. I am not denying that new social networks are not original, they are original. But it is important to realize that initial true ideas of social networks are also part of definition of originality.
In addition to the above mentioned examples, I believe that there are other places where humankind have come up with new things by not just putting some stuff together in a cutting edge way. I love internet and it is the most important part of everyone's life. Internet in its raw form was invented as ARPANET for military purpose, but nowadays, everyone uses a modified version ARPANET. Present state is merely a new form of old idea. Without DARPA's idea, which is a true originality, it would not have been possible. We need to widen the scope of originality to get true essence of it. Restricting it to one liner confining to it limits would not help. Author's definition is very eccentric and fails to grasp the true essence of Originality.
It is apparent by now that originality can be using old ideas and coming putting them differently or coming up with new groundbreaking things. I disagree with the definition of Originality mentioned in the statement give in the question.
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- Originality does not mean thinking something that was never thought before; it means putting old ideas together in new ways. 50
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion:
... modified version ARPANET. Present state is merely a new form of old idea. Withou...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, if, similarly, so, i think, in addition, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 32.0 19.5258426966 164% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 52.0 33.0505617978 157% => OK
Preposition: 64.0 58.6224719101 109% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2382.0 2235.4752809 107% => OK
No of words: 487.0 442.535393258 110% => OK
Chars per words: 4.89117043121 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.69766713281 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88422168737 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 215.0 215.323595506 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.441478439425 0.4932671777 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 799.2 704.065955056 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 17.0 6.24550561798 272% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Interrogative: 1.0 0.740449438202 135% => OK
Article: 0.0 4.99550561798 0% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 31.0 20.2370786517 153% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 23.0359550562 65% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.9635159927 60.3974514979 58% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 76.8387096774 118.986275619 65% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.7096774194 23.4991977007 67% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.32258064516 5.21951772744 44% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.83258426966 248% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.301312402912 0.243740707755 124% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0732784264219 0.0831039109588 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0755458218891 0.0758088955206 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.168142352703 0.150359130593 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0704870196807 0.0667264976115 106% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.5 14.1392134831 67% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.25 48.8420337079 115% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.79 12.1639044944 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.91 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 100.480337079 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.0 11.2143820225 71% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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