Governments in many countries have recently introduced special taxes on foods and beverages with high levels of sugar. Some think these taxes are a good idea while others disagree. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Many food and drink items contain excessive amounts of sugar these days and hence governments have imposed extra taxes on these items. Some people agree with this change while others believe it is unnecessary. This essay will discuss both these views and I will give my opinion.
Advocates who support the idea of adding taxes on sugary food items argue that this will help to improve the health of the citizens. High prices will discourage many people to purchase such unhealthy food items and they will be forced towards healthier options. Cigarettes, for example, impose a high risk on the health of the people and hence authorities have put a hefty tax on them. Therefore, many people think additional taxes should be welcomed as they are for the welfare of the countryman.
On the other side, critics of additional taxes believe that this will create a minimal effect on people’s food habits. It has been observed that after the initial hiccup, most people readjust to the changes. This can create a double blow as people will end up saving less and still won't live a healthier lifestyle. Instead, governments can be innovative in dealing with this. They should educate people on making a conscious choice towards their food habits and draw their attention towards the side effects of unhealthy food and drinks. If there are better alternatives provided, people are able to make informed choices that are far more sustainable compared to the forceful option.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that adding taxes on food and beverages with elevated levels of sugar is completely unjustified. There are other ways such as creating awareness and promoting other alternatives, by which governments can make a positive impact on people’s eating habits.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 1, Rule ID: MANY_FEW_UNCOUNTABLE[2]
Message: Use 'much' or 'little' with uncountable nouns.
Suggestion: Much; Little
Many food and drink items contain excessive ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
hence, if, so, still, therefore, while, for example, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 7.85571142285 153% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 24.0651302605 104% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 41.998997996 71% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 8.3376753507 12% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1473.0 1615.20841683 91% => OK
No of words: 289.0 315.596192385 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.09688581315 5.12529762239 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12310562562 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56717091263 2.80592935109 91% => OK
Unique words: 163.0 176.041082164 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.56401384083 0.561755894193 100% => OK
syllable_count: 462.6 506.74238477 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 0.0 2.52805611222 0% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.2975951904 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 30.317138534 49.4020404114 61% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.2 106.682146367 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.2666666667 20.7667163134 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.0 7.06120827912 71% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.272036048417 0.244688304435 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0950819584517 0.084324248473 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0707957632338 0.0667982634062 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.191388587473 0.151304729494 126% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0969079606005 0.056905535591 170% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 13.0946893788 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 50.2224549098 104% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.3001002004 95% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.3 12.4159519038 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.79 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 78.4519038076 98% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 9.78957915832 82% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.1190380762 95% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => 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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