Playing computer games is a waste of time. Children should not be allowed to play them. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Currently, there is an ongoing discourse on whether children playing computer games is inherently a bad thing or not, and should the parents should allow them to do so. In my humble opinion, the idea of kids playing on computers should not be dismissed as a complete waste of time, and one could certainly think of it in a positive way.
To begin with, I am convinced that every single individual, children included, has the right to spend their free time the way they want, be it drawing, playing sports, musical instrument or even having fun with PC games. Therefore, I must say, that completely depriving youngsters of the enjoyment related to their favorite computer games is simply too strict and undeserved. In addition, using this dogmatic style reasoning, one can declare countless numbers of activities to be 'waste of time', just because he does not find them interesting or useful. Why should be watching baseball on TV thought of as a less of a waste of time than playing games on a computer? Just let people have their time off, during which they can do what pleases them the most.
Secondly, PC gaming can be both fun and useful at the same time. There are many types of games that enhance and challenge players' skills in terms of logical, strategic, or verbal reasoning. For instance, when I was in the elementary school, some of the English lessons took place in a computer lab, where we were technically just playing computer games. However, they were designed in such a way, that playing them resulted in us learning new vocabulary or grammar concepts. The fact is, there are dozens businesses built just around providing educational software to kids all ages!
Thirdly, children interacting with modern technologies, even in the form of computer games arguably helps them growing up in nowadays heavily informatized society. Being exposed to the IT at such young age makes computer related work at later stages of life relatively easier, especially in comparison to the previous generations, who encountered digital media late in their lives.
To sum up, I do not think of computer games as a waste of time and I caution against totally forbidding children from them. Mainly because I respect kids' right to have them as a hobby, recognize various educational forms that games may take, and also acknowledge their role in exposing youngsters to the modern technologies which are essential in the 21st century.
- Playing computer games is a waste of time. Children should not be allowed to play them. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? 76
- Playing computer games is a waste of time. Children should not be allowed to play them. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 90
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Consider replacing "in a positive way" with adverb for "positive"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...me, and one could certainly think of it in a positive way. To begin with, I am convinced that ...
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Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...e, when I was in the elementary school, some of the English lessons took place in a compute...
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Line 6, column 112, Rule ID: ADVISE_VBG[9]
Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to grow' or 'grow'.
Suggestion: to grow; grow
...m of computer games arguably helps them growing up in nowadays heavily informatized soc...
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Line 6, column 123, Rule ID: IN_NOWADAYS[1]
Message: nowadays is used without 'in'. Use simply: 'nowadays'.
Suggestion: nowadays
...er games arguably helps them growing up in nowadays heavily informatized society. Being exp...
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Line 6, column 181, Rule ID: DT_PRP[1]
Message: Possible typo. Did you mean 'the' or 'IT'?
Suggestion: the; IT
... informatized society. Being exposed to the IT at such young age makes computer relate...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, therefore, third, thirdly, for instance, in addition, to begin with, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 15.1003584229 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 9.8082437276 102% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 13.8261648746 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.0286738351 91% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 43.0788530466 79% => OK
Preposition: 58.0 52.1666666667 111% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.0752688172 74% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2028.0 1977.66487455 103% => OK
No of words: 410.0 407.700716846 101% => OK
Chars per words: 4.94634146341 4.8611393121 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.49982852243 4.48103885553 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69800199279 2.67179642975 101% => OK
Unique words: 241.0 212.727598566 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.587804878049 0.524837075471 112% => OK
syllable_count: 630.0 618.680645161 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 9.59856630824 63% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.86738351254 214% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.94265232975 101% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 20.6003584229 73% => 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: 27.0 20.1344086022 134% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 56.0510085151 48.9658058833 114% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.2 100.406767564 135% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.3333333333 20.6045352989 133% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.26666666667 5.45110844103 152% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.5376344086 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 11.8709677419 93% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
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: 0.357648049176 0.236089414692 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.124317965216 0.076458572812 163% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0786426311421 0.0737576698707 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.202286441495 0.150856017488 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0824667850552 0.0645574589148 128% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.5 11.7677419355 132% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 58.1214874552 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 10.1575268817 124% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.73 10.9000537634 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.02 8.01818996416 112% => OK
difficult_words: 105.0 86.8835125448 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 17.5 10.002688172 175% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.0537634409 127% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.247311828 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 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.