Discussing controversial topics with those with contrasting views is not useful because very few people change their mind when questioned about their core beliefs.
At the outset, I would say that I don't agree with the presumption that discussing contorversial topics with contrasting views is not useful, because not many people change their minds when questioned about their core beliefs. Although I agree with the notion that such discussions don't often effect changes in anyone's beliefs, but based on that avoiding debates and declaring such debates useless is an incorrect approach in my view.
In my opinion healthy debates, no matter how much controversial the topic is, should always be encouraged and undertaken, especially with kowledgeable people or people who have firm views, even if their views are opposite to ours. Such discussions bring forth various aspects which we often are unaware of or even ignore due to our biases in respect of our beliefs. Questioning your ownself plays a huge part in self -growth. Sometimes, one has very wrong idea or belief instilled due to several regions, be it social constructs, historical aspects, cultural norms or so forth; and if one holds such debates with an open mind, one may reach a new conclusions and change their own beliefs.
On the other hand, questioning ones own beliefs or questioning the beliefs of a party who has opposite views, may lead up to evidences or points which may strengthen our own views, make us understand what are weaker points in their arguements, even if they may not be able to see those, but this may strenghten our own beliefs. Hence help us grow firm in our own stance.
However, such discussions, very often turn into heated debates and one may lose their cool, and instead of agreeing to disagree both parties may get into a conflict or a an unhandleable melee which is not a preferred situation. Hence whenever one gets into a debate regarding controversial topics, we should ensure that both parties are open to discuss and should try to not let the situation get out of hand. One must know when to quit, in order to avoid a distasteful end to discussion. Such discussions may result in destruction of relationships or long-term friendships. Thus one should always be careful while getting into a controversial topic.
Thus, although I don't agree that such debates are useless, but agree that these may not result in change of beliefs very often. However, utility of such debates is not limited to change of beliefs, but getting a better understanding of any topic, delving deeper into the underlying points which form basis of any belief, and increasing own knowledge base. For this matter, healthy debates should be encouraged and undertaken often with a positive mindset.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 35, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
At the outset, I would say that I dont agree with the presumption that discuss...
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Suggestion: don't
...e with the notion that such discussions dont often effect changes in anyones beliefs...
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Message: Did you mean 'affect'?
Suggestion: affect
...notion that such discussions dont often effect changes in anyones beliefs, but based o...
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Line 3, column 286, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[5]
Message: The adverb 'often' is usually put after the verb 'are'.
Suggestion: are often
...ns bring forth various aspects which we often are unaware of or even ignore due to our bi...
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Line 5, column 329, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...ut this may strenghten our own beliefs. Hence help us grow firm in our own stance. ...
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Line 7, column 169, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...both parties may get into a conflict or a an unhandleable melee which is not a pr...
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Line 7, column 169, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'a' or 'an' is left.
Suggestion: a; an
...both parties may get into a conflict or a an unhandleable melee which is not a prefe...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...lee which is not a preferred situation. Hence whenever one gets into a debate regardi...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...relationships or long-term friendships. Thus one should always be careful while gett...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...ontroversial topic. Thus, although I dont agree that such debates are useless, bu...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, hence, however, if, may, regarding, so, still, then, thus, while, in my opinion, in my view, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 14.8657303371 141% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 58.6224719101 89% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 12.9106741573 31% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2179.0 2235.4752809 97% => OK
No of words: 438.0 442.535393258 99% => OK
Chars per words: 4.97488584475 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.57476223824 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7420851715 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 228.0 215.323595506 106% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.520547945205 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 659.7 704.065955056 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 6.24550561798 32% => OK
Article: 0.0 4.99550561798 0% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 20.2370786517 79% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 82.2313571197 60.3974514979 136% => OK
Chars per sentence: 136.1875 118.986275619 114% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.375 23.4991977007 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.1875 5.21951772744 138% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 7.80617977528 128% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.299699585665 0.243740707755 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0977258772086 0.0831039109588 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.125416132945 0.0758088955206 165% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.18140742886 0.150359130593 121% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.127264421235 0.0667264976115 191% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.7 14.1392134831 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 48.8420337079 108% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 12.1743820225 103% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.62 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 101.0 100.480337079 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 19.0 11.8971910112 160% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 35, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
At the outset, I would say that I dont agree with the presumption that discuss...
^^^^
Line 1, column 282, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...e with the notion that such discussions dont often effect changes in anyones beliefs...
^^^^
Line 1, column 293, Rule ID: AFFECT_EFFECT[6]
Message: Did you mean 'affect'?
Suggestion: affect
...notion that such discussions dont often effect changes in anyones beliefs, but based o...
^^^^^^
Line 3, column 286, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[5]
Message: The adverb 'often' is usually put after the verb 'are'.
Suggestion: are often
...ns bring forth various aspects which we often are unaware of or even ignore due to our bi...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 329, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...ut this may strenghten our own beliefs. Hence help us grow firm in our own stance. ...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 169, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...both parties may get into a conflict or a an unhandleable melee which is not a pr...
^
Line 7, column 169, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'a' or 'an' is left.
Suggestion: a; an
...both parties may get into a conflict or a an unhandleable melee which is not a prefe...
^^^^
Line 7, column 229, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...lee which is not a preferred situation. Hence whenever one gets into a debate regardi...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 576, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...relationships or long-term friendships. Thus one should always be careful while gett...
^^^^
Line 9, column 18, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...ontroversial topic. Thus, although I dont agree that such debates are useless, bu...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, hence, however, if, may, regarding, so, still, then, thus, while, in my opinion, in my view, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 14.8657303371 141% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 58.6224719101 89% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 12.9106741573 31% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2179.0 2235.4752809 97% => OK
No of words: 438.0 442.535393258 99% => OK
Chars per words: 4.97488584475 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.57476223824 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7420851715 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 228.0 215.323595506 106% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.520547945205 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 659.7 704.065955056 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 6.24550561798 32% => OK
Article: 0.0 4.99550561798 0% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 20.2370786517 79% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 82.2313571197 60.3974514979 136% => OK
Chars per sentence: 136.1875 118.986275619 114% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.375 23.4991977007 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.1875 5.21951772744 138% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 7.80617977528 128% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.299699585665 0.243740707755 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0977258772086 0.0831039109588 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.125416132945 0.0758088955206 165% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.18140742886 0.150359130593 121% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.127264421235 0.0667264976115 191% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.7 14.1392134831 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 48.8420337079 108% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 12.1743820225 103% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.62 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 101.0 100.480337079 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 19.0 11.8971910112 160% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.