In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution
without first being strongly influenced by past achievements in that field.
The premise that significant contributions in any field can only be made
through the influence from past achievements in that field holds true in the
modern world. Modern appliances, advanced medicine, and improved fuel
efficiency are founded on earlier models. The next big thing is simply a
version of the last big thing. It may be thinner, smaller, faster, or more
intuitive, but, fundamentally, it is the same thing. The ubiquitous television
sets in people’s homes today are probably hanging on the wall and have
plasma or LCD screens. These bigger, brighter versions essentially perform
the same function as the older, bulkier vacuum tube models; they bring
moving pictures into our homes. The Band-Aids found in every medicine
chest come in a variety of sizes, colors, with or without an antibacterial
cream embedded, and even in liquid form. These superior bandages also
perform the same function as their predecessors; they cover cuts and
scrapes. In actuality, everything new is not very original. They are
adaptations.
One must turn to the ancient world to recognize that the greatest
contributions in any field of endeavor have come through discovery rather
than invention or advancement. Early man discovered fire and realized he
could use it to cook his food, warm his cave, and keep predators at bay.
Eventually, he learned how to create it, preserve it, and carry it with him as
he migrated to better hunting grounds or more temperate climates. Modern
man has witnessed the harnessing of fire to create steam that powered ships
and locomotives. It still heats our homes and cooks our food, but it also
takes us into outer space.
At some point ancient man realized that round objects move more
effectively over the ground than do square or rectangular objects, that the
power of water could help man to accomplish tasks more easily, and that
the leaves, roots, and bark of plants and trees provided relief from pain and
other maladies. Thus, we have the wheel, grist mills on local streams, and
aspirin in tablet form. Were it not for Franklin’s flying a kite during a
thunder storm or Fleming’s discovery of penicillin, we would live in the
dark and die from bacterial infections. When bold seafarers from
Scandinavia and Western Europe sailed east and failed to fall off the edge of
the earth, they discovered the fishing banks off the coast of Newfoundland
and treasures in Mexico and opened the doors to modern-day travel.
In the final analysis, it is appropriate to assert that no one can contribute
significantly in any field of endeavor without first being influenced by past
achievements in that field. While those contributions generally improve the
quality of our lives, it is likely that the next important discovery will have a
profound effect.
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- In any field of endeavor it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements in that field 58
- As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate 58
- Formal education tends to restrain our minds and spirits rather than set them free Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take In developing and s 66
- As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate 58
- The chart below gives information about the number of social networking sites people used in Canada in 2014 and 2015 67
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, may, so, still, thus, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 19.5258426966 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 27.0 14.8657303371 182% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 42.0 33.0505617978 127% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 61.0 58.6224719101 104% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2397.0 2235.4752809 107% => OK
No of words: 461.0 442.535393258 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.19956616052 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.63367139033 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75290721327 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 279.0 215.323595506 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.605206073753 0.4932671777 123% => OK
syllable_count: 710.1 704.065955056 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 6.24550561798 256% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 11.0 1.77640449438 619% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 63.8245184941 60.3974514979 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.142857143 118.986275619 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9523809524 23.4991977007 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.33333333333 5.21951772744 45% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 38.0 4.97078651685 764% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.229231637661 0.243740707755 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0607250124689 0.0831039109588 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.151078833559 0.0758088955206 199% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0510546375 0.150359130593 34% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.137784377686 0.0667264976115 206% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 14.1392134831 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 48.8420337079 120% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.88 12.1639044944 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.82 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 121.0 100.480337079 120% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
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.