Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?The ability to maintain friendships with a small number of people over a long period of time is more important for happiness than the ability to make many new friends easily.Use specific reasons and ex

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

The ability to maintain friendships with a small number of people over a long period of time is more important for happiness than the ability to make many new friends easily.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

All people need friends. We call to our friends when we are upset about something or when we want to share our happiness and joy. Some people have a lot of friends and get acquaintances very easily, but there is another type of the people who support the idea that it is better to have fewer friends, but they will be the best ones. I am one of these people who do not have a wide circle of friends, but I think it is for better.

The first reason is that if a person has not got many friends, he can devote time for each of them. To have a string relationship with our friends we should always contact with them: to call to them or to meet up with. When a person has only several close friends, it means he can find time for all of them. For example, every day I call to my friends to ask how they are getting on, what has happened with them, thus, we are in touch, which helps us to stay in good relationship even if we are far away from each other.

The second reason is that when a person has only some friends, he has strong relationship with them. He can be sure that if he needs any kind of help, his friends will do their best to do this. On the other hand, the person who has got a great number of friends, he will not sure about this, because he does not all of them well. For example, when a friend of mine who has many friends asked for their help to move to another town. Only some of them which were pretty close to him helped him to pack his things and stuff.

Moreover, when a person has no a lot of friends, but only few, he can trust them more. Not all people are ready to tell all their secrets to other people. We choose only few of people whom we can trust. For example, I have got only two friends whom I can tell everything, and I will be sure they will not betray me.

To sum up, though there are people who prefer having a lot of friends, I support the idea that it is better to have only a small number of them, because you can have a stronger friendship with them, also, you will have enough time to spend with every friend, and one more important thing is that you can trust them more.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 29, Rule ID: NOW[2]
Message: Did you mean 'now' (=at this moment) instead of 'no' (negation)?
Suggestion: now
...d stuff. Moreover, when a person has no a lot of friends, but only few, he can ...
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Line 7, column 317, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...I will be sure they will not betray me. To sum up, though there are people who p...
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Line 9, column 122, Rule ID: SMALL_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, use 'a few', or use 'some'
Suggestion: a few; some
...the idea that it is better to have only a small number of them, because you can have a stronger f...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, moreover, second, so, thus, well, for example, i think, kind of, to sum up, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 15.1003584229 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 9.8082437276 163% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 13.8261648746 80% => OK
Relative clauses : 21.0 11.0286738351 190% => OK
Pronoun: 68.0 43.0788530466 158% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 52.1666666667 98% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 8.0752688172 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1706.0 1977.66487455 86% => OK
No of words: 422.0 407.700716846 104% => OK
Chars per words: 4.04265402844 4.8611393121 83% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53239876712 4.48103885553 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.99168889251 2.67179642975 75% => OK
Unique words: 177.0 212.727598566 83% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.419431279621 0.524837075471 80% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 515.7 618.680645161 83% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.51630824373 79% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 9.59856630824 146% => OK
Article: 3.0 3.08781362007 97% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.51792114695 171% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.86738351254 321% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.94265232975 61% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.6003584229 87% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.1344086022 114% => OK
Sentence length SD: 66.0543173419 48.9658058833 135% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.7777777778 100.406767564 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.4444444444 20.6045352989 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.38888888889 5.45110844103 117% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 11.8709677419 143% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.85842293907 26% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.88709677419 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.175784390347 0.236089414692 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0638627580269 0.076458572812 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0453660696121 0.0737576698707 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.113926124885 0.150856017488 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0472726313347 0.0645574589148 73% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.3 11.7677419355 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 81.97 58.1214874552 141% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.5 10.1575268817 74% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 6.45 10.9000537634 59% => Coleman_liau_index is low.
dale_chall_readability_score: 5.64 8.01818996416 70% => OK
difficult_words: 23.0 86.8835125448 26% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.002688172 90% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.0537634409 111% => OK
text_standard: 6.0 10.247311828 59% => The average readability is low. Need to imporve the language.
What are above readability scores?

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We are expecting: No. of Words: 350 while No. of Different Words: 200

Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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