Some people say that television is useful for education, while others say it is useful only for entertainment.Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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Some people say that television is useful for education, while others say it is useful only for entertainment.
Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Some would argue that TV should be used as a means of education. Others, however, think its sole role is to entertain people. This essay will first discuss both these views before coming to conclusion that television can be used for both but the time being spent behind TV screen should be limited.

On the one hand, some would argue that television is meant to be a source of fun and amusement because it is affordable and offers a range of programs. That is to say, TV has become ubiquitous and the variety of programs being telecasted provided people with a myriad of options to enjoy whatever they are fond of, ranging from sports programs to movies to latest serials. For example, a survey that was carried out by the Institute of Media and Communication of Paris showed that more than 70% of adults spend more than 5 hours a day watching movies and sports.

On the other hand, it is believed that television should only be used to watch educational programs, such as National Geography and BBC channels. This is because it is a worthwhile source of information and offers a very effective way of conveying knowledge through an audiovisual system which can help people memorize and learn at faster rate than reading a book or a magazine. For instance, a study that was carried out by Manchester University found that more than 70% of primary school-toppers in the UK were keen on watching instructive TV programs.

In conclusion, I firmly believe that TV can be informative and entertaining at the same time for all age groups. However, the time being spent behind TV should be limited because sitting near to it may result in dire consequences, such as TV addiction, gaining extra-weight and vision impairment

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...the variety of programs being telecasted provided people with a myriad of options...
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Suggestion: to the latest
... ranging from sports programs to movies to latest serials. For example, a survey that was...
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Suggestion:
...n on watching instructive TV programs. In conclusion, I firmly believe that TV ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, may, so, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, on the other hand, that is to say

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 13.1623246493 160% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 10.4138276553 115% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 24.0651302605 83% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 41.998997996 93% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1432.0 1615.20841683 89% => OK
No of words: 297.0 315.596192385 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.82154882155 5.12529762239 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.15134772569 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75666910762 2.80592935109 98% => OK
Unique words: 171.0 176.041082164 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.575757575758 0.561755894193 102% => OK
syllable_count: 435.6 506.74238477 86% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 16.0721442886 68% => 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 20.2975951904 133% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 54.0451295961 49.4020404114 109% => OK
Chars per sentence: 130.181818182 106.682146367 122% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0 20.7667163134 130% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.0 7.06120827912 156% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
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: 0.175492050242 0.244688304435 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0671529069873 0.084324248473 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0592984729573 0.0667982634062 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.104789916556 0.151304729494 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0601888164428 0.056905535591 106% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.8 13.0946893788 113% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 50.2224549098 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.97 12.4159519038 88% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.75 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 78.4519038076 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.1190380762 126% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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