You have a friend who is about to enter university, and he wants you to advise him on which subject to specialize in – history, in which he is very interested, or computer science, which offers better job prospects.
You should write at least 150 words.
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
Dear John,
You have asked me for my advice concerning whether you should study history or computer science at university, and I will try to make some useful suggestions.
You must keep in mind that, above all, your university training is a preparation for your future career. Therefore, your first consideration should be to study a subject which will best equip you to earn a living. There is no doubt that the field of computers offers far wider job opportunities than history.
Besides, we are now in the age of the high-technology revolution. For the foreseeable future, not only will i...
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No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
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No. of Words: 199 200
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No. of Different Words: 123 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.756 4.0
Average Word Length: 4.729 4.6
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No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 45 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 32 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 23 20
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Sentence Length SD: 9.21 7.5
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Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.723 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.181 0.07
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