Many government think that economic growth is their most important goal. Some people, however, think that other types of progress are equally important for a country.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
People hold different views about how to measure the development of a country. While I agree with the view that economic progress is essential, I believe that there are a range of other forms of progress which are equally important.
It is apparent that economic growth has long been high on government’s agenda worldwide, which is seen as a fundamental goal for countries. This might be explained by the first reason that a healthy economy would boost job creation for labour market and result in a high rate of employment. As a result, employees would be paid with higher wages, which enable them to cover their basic needs and improve the standards of living. Furthermore, when the economic growth collects higher revenues, the government will have more budgets to spend on infrastructure and public services. For example, public transport system would be invested more and improved by increasing the frequency of buses or tubes, which would make them more convenient for users. Finally, a thriving economy would help a country have a strong standing on the global stage through international trading and cooperation.
On the other hand, I would argue that various other measures of progress needed to consider as the economic factor. Firstly, it is said that the economic growth which is not based on conserving natural resources is causing severe environmental consequences. For example, the continued use of fossil fuels which provides the energy for economic development is causing global warming. This is leading to a rise in sea levels, which eventually makes millions of poor people homeless. Secondly, the perception of people in society about social justice, human rights and cultural preservation has also been significant. For instance, Bhutan which has rejected Gross Domestic Production as the only way to measure progress, is the only country in the world that has “Gross National Happiness”. This index measures prosperity by its citizen’s happiness levels which ensure material and spiritual development to happen together. Consequently, this country, which has been known as one of the happiest place in the world, not only can keep economic growing, but also maintain the environment and cultural identity at the same time.
In conclusion, although I accept that economic growth plays an important role, I believe that the authorities should allocate resources to other areas properly to achieve sustainable development goals.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, finally, first, firstly, furthermore, if, second, secondly, so, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, as a result, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 7.30460921844 274% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 24.0 24.0651302605 100% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 41.998997996 98% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 8.3376753507 168% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2089.0 1615.20841683 129% => OK
No of words: 388.0 315.596192385 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.38402061856 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.43821085614 4.20363070211 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95002458869 2.80592935109 105% => OK
Unique words: 222.0 176.041082164 126% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.572164948454 0.561755894193 102% => OK
syllable_count: 641.7 506.74238477 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 5.43587174349 166% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 31.3706494523 49.4020404114 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.882352941 106.682146367 115% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.8235294118 20.7667163134 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.88235294118 7.06120827912 140% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 8.67935871743 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.160944183017 0.244688304435 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0526663883087 0.084324248473 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0476989852409 0.0667982634062 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.106446844901 0.151304729494 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0202553328021 0.056905535591 36% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 13.0946893788 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 50.2224549098 81% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 11.3001002004 116% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.22 12.4159519038 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.61 8.58950901804 112% => OK
difficult_words: 120.0 78.4519038076 153% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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