The Internet has dramatically altered our lives over the past few decades. Although some of these changes have been negative, the overall effect of this technology has been positive. What are your opinions on this?

The internet has brought significant changes to our lives in recent years. Yet, there remains some disagreement as to whether the overall effect of this technology has been positive or negative. While there are certainly valid arguments to the contrary, I personally believe that the benefits of the internet far outweigh its drawbacks. These benefits are twofold.

First, it is an indisputable fact that the internet has revolutionized the way we communicate. Despite the risk of social isolation- problem occasionally seen in people who spend too much time at their computer terminal rather than relating to people in the real world- most of us have benefited greatly from email and internet chat programs like MSN. These incredibly useful and powerful tools of communication facilitate both contacts with loved ones in faraway places and global trade. Equally importantly, thought the internet has placed the entire world at our fingertips.

In earlier times, conducting researching entailed long hours searching library shelves. Now, however, the same information can be accessed at a click of a button. Admittedly, not all the information available on the internet is reliable or helpful- there is a vast amount of material online that some would consider offensive or dangerous ranging from pornography to instructions on how to make bombs. Nonetheless, I would contend that this free flow of information has generally been a very positive development.

By way of conclusion, I once again reaffirm my position that the internet has had a positive impact on modern life because of its influence on communication and the flow of information.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 113, Rule ID: WHETHER[6]
Message: Can you shorten this phrase to just 'whether', or rephrase the sentence to avoid "as to"?
Suggestion: whether
...s. Yet, there remains some disagreement as to whether the overall effect of this technology h...
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Line 3, column 449, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...ion facilitate both contacts with loved ones in faraway places and global trade. Equ...
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Line 3, column 490, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Equally,
...nes in faraway places and global trade. Equally importantly, thought the internet has p...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, nonetheless, so, while, as to

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 13.1623246493 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 7.85571142285 38% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 24.0651302605 87% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 41.998997996 83% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.3376753507 132% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1397.0 1615.20841683 86% => OK
No of words: 260.0 315.596192385 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.37307692308 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.01553427287 4.20363070211 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.02839373911 2.80592935109 108% => OK
Unique words: 173.0 176.041082164 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.665384615385 0.561755894193 118% => OK
syllable_count: 443.7 506.74238477 88% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => 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: 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: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 63.6801363324 49.4020404114 129% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.461538462 106.682146367 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0 20.7667163134 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.15384615385 7.06120827912 59% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
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: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.200472525349 0.244688304435 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0686012046855 0.084324248473 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.084629528715 0.0667982634062 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.113165769206 0.151304729494 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.103976277604 0.056905535591 183% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 13.0946893788 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 50.2224549098 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.87 12.4159519038 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.61 8.58950901804 112% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 78.4519038076 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => 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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