Some people think that newly built houses should follow the style of the oldhouses in the local areas, while others think that people should have freedom tobuild houses of their own styles. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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Some people think that newly built houses should follow the style of the old
houses in the local areas, while others think that people should have freedom to
build houses of their own styles. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

While some people believe that new houses should be constructed in the same style as the
more traditional houses in the locality, others contend that everyone should be free to
choose their own style of house. I agree with the view that new housing should follow
the traditional architecture of the area.
On the one hand, there are some who argue that it is essential to welcome change and
allow individuals to have the right to live in a modern style of house, if they so wish,
irrespective of the locality. They also tend to dismiss traditional ideas on terms of
building costs. Traditional construction materials, like natural stone from local
quarries, are difficult to obtain and very expensive even if they are available, whereas
new houses are built using more affordable materials. The maintenance costs of houses
constructed in the old way also tend to be higher compared with their modern
counterparts. Wood, for example, is nowadays commonly replaced by aluminium or
plastic materials in house construction.
On the other hand, there are strong arguments that new houses should adopt the existing architectural style of a local area. In terms of the tangible cultural heritage of a small town or village, traditional houses possess character and they give a strong sense of
identity to the locality. Buildings which have historical significance provide a link to
our roots, while a modern estate designed by property developers is certain to be
incompatible with historical connections. From an architectural perspective, modern
houses alongside traditional dwellings are an eyesore. They fail to blend in with the
housing which has grown organically, perhaps during centuries.
In conclusion, though it may be more costly, the traditional architecture of localities
should be respected by modern housing developments.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, if, may, so, well, whereas, while, for example, in conclusion, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 10.4138276553 48% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 16.0 24.0651302605 66% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 41.998997996 107% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.3376753507 48% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1577.0 1615.20841683 98% => OK
No of words: 291.0 315.596192385 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.41924398625 5.12529762239 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13022058845 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03070964141 2.80592935109 108% => OK
Unique words: 161.0 176.041082164 91% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.553264604811 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 493.2 506.74238477 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => 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: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.5693203303 49.4020404114 96% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.307692308 106.682146367 114% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.3846153846 20.7667163134 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.61538461538 7.06120827912 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 21.0 4.38176352705 479% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.256691464703 0.244688304435 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.094147900984 0.084324248473 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.084616635054 0.0667982634062 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0751538934702 0.151304729494 50% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0863626208759 0.056905535591 152% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 13.0946893788 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 50.2224549098 81% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 11.3001002004 116% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.45 12.4159519038 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 78.4519038076 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 9.78957915832 148% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 10.7795591182 139% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.

Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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