Some governments spend a lot of public money training up individuals to be successful in international sporting events Some people believe that this money should be spent on things that will benefit the general public instead To what extent do you agree o

Government funding on sports has helped its country to be successful in global competitions, however many believe that the funds could be better utilized on common goals. I personally disagree with this statement.

Firstly, a country gains recognition through sports. Sports is one of the ways a country competes with another, thus participating in international games and winning them brings global recognition to a country, hence it is important for a government to produce talented individuals through training and providing facilities. Moreover, a government's spending on sports encourages a fair opportunity for individuals of different economic classes producing hidden gems. A good example would be the creation of the most prolific football player; Messi who was from a poor background but was able to become one of the best footballers in the world because of the government’s investment on sports and facilities which gave Messi an opportunity to follow the path of football.

Secondly, a government’s spending is not always an expense to the country, in contrast it could bring in more money. Incubating talents and letting them compete at national level would also mean that a country could also make profit by hosting games. Hosting competitions such as Football, Rugby and Cricket brings in a large amount of sponsorships, advertisements and tourism into a country, which could help the local economy. Moreover over exporting players to other countries to join football clubs brings in steady foreign income into a country.

In conclusion, it is clear that investment into sports is not in vain, it brings out talented individuals, lets a country compete at national level and more importantly has an impact on the revenue stream. Although there are other sectors which may benefit from extra funds, doing so at the expense of cutting-off investment into sports is not acceptable.

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Average: 7.8 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Moreover,
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, thus, in conclusion, in contrast, such as

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 12.0 24.0651302605 50% => OK
Preposition: 47.0 41.998997996 112% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1610.0 1615.20841683 100% => OK
No of words: 300.0 315.596192385 95% => OK
Chars per words: 5.36666666667 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.16179145029 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03714778479 2.80592935109 108% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 176.041082164 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.583333333333 0.561755894193 104% => OK
syllable_count: 479.7 506.74238477 95% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0721442886 75% => 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: 25.0 20.2975951904 123% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 74.0135122799 49.4020404114 150% => OK
Chars per sentence: 134.166666667 106.682146367 126% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.0 20.7667163134 120% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.4166666667 7.06120827912 148% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.13313894848 0.244688304435 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0487434002349 0.084324248473 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0466863443683 0.0667982634062 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0853272796185 0.151304729494 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0471551335089 0.056905535591 83% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.4 13.0946893788 125% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 50.2224549098 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 11.3001002004 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.16 12.4159519038 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.09 8.58950901804 106% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 78.4519038076 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 9.78957915832 128% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.1190380762 119% => 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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