Do you agree or disagree with the statement People often buy products not because they really need them but because other people have them

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Do you agree or disagree with the statement:
People often buy products not because they really need them but because other people have them.

Nowadays, our society has witnessed the unprecedented accumulation of material affluence, and more and more people are enabled to buy whatever they want. In this regard, some people believe that the determination of people's purchasing choice is the popularity of the stuff, that is, people buy it just because others have it. However, I hardly concur with this idea, and what I believe can be substantiated as follows.

Admittedly, some people maintain that keeping pace with others is a good idea since you will always possess what is prevailing and you can readily avoid some risky choices. It is conceivable that some goods that are bought by numerous people can be verified that they have better quality and can satisfy most people's needs. Following others' steps, you can avoid some risks with ease and have optimal things in the same field. Besides, it is also more convenient for us since we are granted the chance to save some time by following others, and making personal decisions will definitely cost us a lot of time and energy.

However, this belief is a little biased since in modern society more and more people are pursuing a way to show their personality by buying distinct things. People, especially youngsters who are raised in the 20th century, attach great importance to being outstanding, and they avoid any circumstances that make them mired in mediocrity. They like pop culture, and tailor-made stuff, ranging from clothes to shoes, that can represent their uniqueness. For example, many students in university prefer buying clothes made by brands that are outstanding but not popular among the masses. They believe these brands equip them with an atmosphere of uniqueness and can exhibit their characteristics thoroughly without being similar to others. They don't care about others’ viewpoints and harbor the idea that we should be confident to show ourselves.

In addition, sometimes people purchase goods that meet their emotional needs. Products are not only the things that facilitate the procedure of our daily routine but also some friends that help heal our emotional problems. To illustrate, some adults still buy toys that are designed for children, just because they can get a warm hug whenever they get tired after the whole day of working. Some people prefer buying tickets to places where there are few people because they just want to take a break from their daily life and avoid being enslaved by exhaustion. It is investigated that the choices of products are significantly associated with modern people's personal emotional needs. After buying something that can release their stress, people will recover from their mental hurts, though that thing is not possessed by most people.

In a nutshell, there are many reasons other than following other people's steps push people to make their buying decision. All people have the right to buy whatever they want, and they can label different products with their special meanings.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 743, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...y without being similar to others. They dont care about others’ viewpoints and harbo...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, however, if, so, still, for example, in addition

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 26.0 15.1003584229 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 9.8082437276 143% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 13.8261648746 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.0286738351 172% => OK
Pronoun: 61.0 43.0788530466 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 52.0 52.1666666667 100% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.0752688172 74% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2494.0 1977.66487455 126% => OK
No of words: 484.0 407.700716846 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15289256198 4.8611393121 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.69041575982 4.48103885553 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58054129227 2.67179642975 97% => OK
Unique words: 249.0 212.727598566 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514462809917 0.524837075471 98% => OK
syllable_count: 763.2 618.680645161 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 9.59856630824 125% => OK
Article: 0.0 3.08781362007 0% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.51792114695 57% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.86738351254 321% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.94265232975 101% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.6003584229 102% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.1344086022 114% => OK
Sentence length SD: 30.481026402 48.9658058833 62% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.761904762 100.406767564 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0476190476 20.6045352989 112% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.2380952381 5.45110844103 59% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.5376344086 18% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 11.8709677419 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.85842293907 130% => OK
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: 0.322981702572 0.236089414692 137% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.103729894932 0.076458572812 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.071915407315 0.0737576698707 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.206505533691 0.150856017488 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0545842518148 0.0645574589148 85% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 11.7677419355 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 58.1214874552 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 10.1575268817 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.89 10.9000537634 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.66 8.01818996416 108% => OK
difficult_words: 119.0 86.8835125448 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.002688172 115% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.0537634409 111% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 743, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...y without being similar to others. They dont care about others’ viewpoints and harbo...
^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, however, if, so, still, for example, in addition

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 26.0 15.1003584229 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 9.8082437276 143% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 13.8261648746 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.0286738351 172% => OK
Pronoun: 61.0 43.0788530466 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 52.0 52.1666666667 100% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.0752688172 74% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2494.0 1977.66487455 126% => OK
No of words: 484.0 407.700716846 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15289256198 4.8611393121 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.69041575982 4.48103885553 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58054129227 2.67179642975 97% => OK
Unique words: 249.0 212.727598566 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514462809917 0.524837075471 98% => OK
syllable_count: 763.2 618.680645161 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 9.59856630824 125% => OK
Article: 0.0 3.08781362007 0% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.51792114695 57% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.86738351254 321% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.94265232975 101% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.6003584229 102% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.1344086022 114% => OK
Sentence length SD: 30.481026402 48.9658058833 62% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.761904762 100.406767564 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0476190476 20.6045352989 112% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.2380952381 5.45110844103 59% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.5376344086 18% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 11.8709677419 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.85842293907 130% => OK
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: 0.322981702572 0.236089414692 137% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.103729894932 0.076458572812 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.071915407315 0.0737576698707 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.206505533691 0.150856017488 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0545842518148 0.0645574589148 85% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 11.7677419355 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 58.1214874552 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 10.1575268817 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.89 10.9000537634 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.66 8.01818996416 108% => OK
difficult_words: 119.0 86.8835125448 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.002688172 115% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.0537634409 111% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.