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

There is no shortage of debate about whether having a few permanent friends is better for happiness than being able to make new friends quickly or not. In my opinion, the latter is a better choice. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.

First of all, being able to make numerous friends easily means having more opportunities when it comes to our career choices. These opportunities might help us find jobs that are more suitable to us, and this might lead us towards a happier life. My sisters experience is a compelling example of this. She is a friendly, calm person that is capable of making many friends in short time. 2 years ago, she used to work at a job that she didn't enjoy at all. One day, one of her friends told her about a job opening at a company that she always wanted to work at. Nowadays, she has a job that she really enjoys going to everyday. She lives a happier life, thanks to her many friends. For this reason, I think that being able to make new friends with ease is a better ability than retaining few friendships for a long time.

Secondly, getting to know many types of people might eventually help us understand people more easily. A person that has a lot of friends in their life gets to develop a crucial skill that is important for happiness in life, which is being able to get along with a lot of different people. This skill might lead to better friendships and less frustration when dealing with people, and help us converse with them in a better, more efficient way. This might lead us towards a happier life. For instance, one of my teachers had this ability. He could simply get along with almost anyone. He was friends with pretty much everyone in the school. He became a therapist and now he lives a happy and prosperous life. He even has a wife and three kids.

In conclusion, I strongly believe that making many friends with ease is of great importance when it comes to happiness. This is because these friends might help us find new opportunities and the time we've spent with many different people might help us gain more experience when it comes to dealing with people.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, if, really, second, secondly, so, for instance, i feel, i think, in conclusion, in short, first of all, in my opinion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 15.1003584229 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 9.8082437276 92% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 13.8261648746 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.0286738351 136% => OK
Pronoun: 55.0 43.0788530466 128% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 48.0 52.1666666667 92% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.0752688172 62% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1773.0 1977.66487455 90% => OK
No of words: 394.0 407.700716846 97% => OK
Chars per words: 4.5 4.8611393121 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.45527027702 4.48103885553 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.40670305361 2.67179642975 90% => OK
Unique words: 185.0 212.727598566 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.469543147208 0.524837075471 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 542.7 618.680645161 88% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.51630824373 92% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 9.59856630824 167% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.51792114695 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.94265232975 40% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.6003584229 112% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.1344086022 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 46.269000593 48.9658058833 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 77.0869565217 100.406767564 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.1304347826 20.6045352989 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.39130434783 5.45110844103 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 5.5376344086 108% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 19.0 11.8709677419 160% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.85842293907 26% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.88709677419 61% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.288201936072 0.236089414692 122% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0801702503258 0.076458572812 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0810647107689 0.0737576698707 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.183254254427 0.150856017488 121% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0385113245915 0.0645574589148 60% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.3 11.7677419355 71% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 71.14 58.1214874552 122% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.6 10.1575268817 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 8.52 10.9000537634 78% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 6.76 8.01818996416 84% => OK
difficult_words: 57.0 86.8835125448 66% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.002688172 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.0537634409 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.

So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:

reasons == advantages or

reasons == disadvantages

for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.


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