In some countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decide to do this.

In the modern era of education, taking a gap year off between high school and university has been encouraged in several nations. It seems that taking a year to work or travel in this way has enriched the future study of students. Nevertheless, like everything else, a gap year off has been a mixed-blessing. Both sides will be shed a light in the following essay.

Unquestionably, a year off after graduating can bring some plus points. First, students will have a chance to get real-life experience during this period. As a result, the know clearly what they want to become and choose exactly their mature at university. In addition, a gap year may be the time for students to relax after studying many years. Students can travel or do whatever they want throughout this year off so that they can return to their study in the best mood. Last but not least, it cannot be denied that students will be more indepedent and adapt to their new life at university better.

Generally, merits always go hand in hand with demerits. Firstly, it can be seen clearly that time is priceless and taking a gap year may waste time. Obviously, students who go to university immediately after finishing high school may graduate, get a job, and succeed earlier than students who choose a gap year. Furthermore, so long is a year that students may forget a lot of knowledge and their studying habit. That must be the obstacles for their future study. Finally, some students cannot see the benefits of university anymore and may decide to stop their study to make a living because their eyes are covered by the money they earned during the gap year.

Now the conclusion is self-confident with both bright and dark sides of taking a gap year between high school and university. Actually, whether helpful or harmful, it depends on the way students use their own gap year. Students should make full the positive effects and minimize the unfavourable qualities of taking a gap year.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, finally, first, firstly, furthermore, if, may, nevertheless, so, in addition, as a result

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 7.85571142285 204% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 24.0651302605 104% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 41.998997996 98% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.3376753507 36% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1627.0 1615.20841683 101% => OK
No of words: 340.0 315.596192385 108% => OK
Chars per words: 4.78529411765 5.12529762239 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.29407602571 4.20363070211 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66334045006 2.80592935109 95% => OK
Unique words: 172.0 176.041082164 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.505882352941 0.561755894193 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 496.8 506.74238477 98% => 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: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.2975951904 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.9676678448 49.4020404114 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.6315789474 106.682146367 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.8947368421 20.7667163134 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.47368421053 7.06120827912 78% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 8.67935871743 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => 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: 0.167133618726 0.244688304435 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0565348303642 0.084324248473 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0473812946821 0.0667982634062 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.111833242695 0.151304729494 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0281902820985 0.056905535591 50% => 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: 10.1 13.0946893788 77% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 50.2224549098 125% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.3001002004 77% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.21 12.4159519038 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.59 8.58950901804 88% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 78.4519038076 85% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 9.78957915832 72% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.1190380762 87% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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