Question: It has been said, "Not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?

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Question: It has been said, "Not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?

As everything in life is like a coin that has different sides people must weigh the pros and cons before jumping to conclusions. However, some may think that reading materials are the best source of knowledge; in my humble opinion, the kills obtained from experience are more beneficial for the following reasons.

With regards to reading materials, they are essential sources for learning. This is because they always have thorough information that can provide students with a variety of skills. To begin with, books can vigorously develop the thinking ability of young people, especially those in their early stage of life. For instance, elementary and secondary school alumni are always encouraged to read about different subjects like math, history and social sciences. By learning such knowledge, they will be able to know a little about everything which can broaden their minds significantly. Moreover, books are credible assets for researchers whose job requires them to be equipped with scientific data that only can be gained from past experiences stored in books. All in all, we cannot and should not overlook the vital role books do in shaping minds for both young and academic researchers.

Turning to the skills acquired from personally doing things, I adamantly believe that practice makes perfect. In other words, doing things more and more help you excel and master your job. To better explain, some professions nowadays mainly depend on repetition. For example, pharmacists learn about the pathology of diseases and the right medication for it during their time at school, but they cannot gain the experience needed to deal with patients without practicing dispensing drugs via working in pharmacies. This is because daily face to face interactions can build up awareness about real case scenarios. Furthermore, seniors can always provide juniors with practical skills that can hardly be found in any other learning sources. For instance, consultant physicians can teach their subordinates technical skills during surgical operations which can be simpler and more efficient than reading the whole procedure from medical references.

In conclusion, everything you learn in life will have an impact on you regardless of its source. Both books and practical experiences are essential in enriching your mind, but nothing can last longer than things you do your own.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 726, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experiences'.
Suggestion: experiences
...tific data that only can be gained from past experiences stored in books. All in all, we cannot ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, however, if, look, may, moreover, second, so, for example, for instance, in conclusion, in other words, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 15.1003584229 93% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 9.8082437276 173% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 13.8261648746 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.0286738351 82% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 43.0788530466 70% => OK
Preposition: 54.0 52.1666666667 104% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.0752688172 87% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2015.0 1977.66487455 102% => OK
No of words: 375.0 407.700716846 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.37333333333 4.8611393121 111% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.40055868397 4.48103885553 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69995753053 2.67179642975 101% => OK
Unique words: 232.0 212.727598566 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.618666666667 0.524837075471 118% => OK
syllable_count: 605.7 618.680645161 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 9.59856630824 63% => OK
Article: 1.0 3.08781362007 32% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.94265232975 142% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.6003584229 87% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.1344086022 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.8911756223 48.9658058833 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.944444444 100.406767564 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8333333333 20.6045352989 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.5 5.45110844103 138% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.5376344086 18% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 11.8709677419 76% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.85842293907 52% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.88709677419 143% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.16085326048 0.236089414692 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.048426395415 0.076458572812 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.040406379576 0.0737576698707 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0993970389608 0.150856017488 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0165762650389 0.0645574589148 26% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 11.7677419355 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 58.1214874552 88% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 10.1575268817 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.87 10.9000537634 127% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.01 8.01818996416 112% => OK
difficult_words: 104.0 86.8835125448 120% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.002688172 110% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.0537634409 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.247311828 98% => 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: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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