Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways, or should governments spend more money on improving public transportation (buses, trains, subways)? Why? Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.
National government has a powerful impact on our lives. The government is responsible for education, defense, and even transportation. Everyday millions of dollars in tax revenue are invested in transportation projects. Some people believe that the government should invest a majority of that money on improving roads and highways. Others disagree. In my view, public transportation represents the best investment for two main reasons.
The first is health. Cars are a significant source of pollution. They emit poisonous gases that harm not only our health but also our entire ecosystem. For example, many of my friends run to stay healthy and some of them subscribe to a running magazine. This magazine published an article a few weeks ago about the dangers of running on the street. Surprisingly, the article didn’t focus on car accidents and poor drivers but on pollution. It stated that running in streets with heavy traffic could actually prove more harmful than helpful since runners breathe at an accelerated rate and streets with busy traffic are saturated with the poisonous exhaust of so many cars. Consequently, runners take in a larger than normal amount of those pollutants. This is just one organism in our ecosystem that is being negatively affected. With a serious investment in public transportation, fewer people will drive and we can begin to limit the harm done to our environment and our health. As you can see, more investment in public transportation is best.
The second reason is convenience. Most public transportation systems do not receive enough funding. Governments don’t invest heavily enough so the system tends to be very inconvenient and out-of-date. Few buses result in poor service and the buses are often old and uncomfortable. Not only do buses suffer from lack of investment but all other forms of public transportation such as trains and subways do as well. For instance, when I was in high school, I took summer school at a school located around 15 miles from my house, a long distance to walk. I didn’t have a car, so I took a bus. In the morning, the bus would usually be on time, but after school, in the afternoon, buses would run late and be overcrowded because there weren’t enough to meet the demand. Also, these buses were old, dirty, and often marked with graffiti. That’s one of the main reasons why I bought a car. If public transportation were better, it would have been more convenient than driving my own car. I wouldn’t have had to spend my money; I would have been able to study on the way to and from school; and I would have enjoyed the experience of a nice comfortable ride. This experience taught me that public transportation seriously needs more funding.
In conclusion, it’s government’s responsibility to ensure that our health is protected. It’s also essential for a government to work to improve the quality of life of its citizens. Those are the key reasons why more money should be invested in public transportation than on roads and highways. Such an investment will improve the lives of the average taxpayer and we should all support it.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, consequently, first, if, second, so, well, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, in my view
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 15.1003584229 146% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 9.8082437276 133% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 13.8261648746 152% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.0286738351 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 43.0 43.0788530466 100% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 52.1666666667 127% => OK
Nominalization: 29.0 8.0752688172 359% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2641.0 1977.66487455 134% => OK
No of words: 523.0 407.700716846 128% => OK
Chars per words: 5.04971319312 4.8611393121 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78217453174 4.48103885553 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03567861034 2.67179642975 114% => OK
Unique words: 273.0 212.727598566 128% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.521988527725 0.524837075471 99% => OK
syllable_count: 810.9 618.680645161 131% => 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
Interrogative: 1.0 0.994623655914 101% => OK
Article: 6.0 3.08781362007 194% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => 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: 33.0 20.6003584229 160% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 20.1344086022 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.4651412786 48.9658058833 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 80.0303030303 100.406767564 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.8484848485 20.6045352989 77% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.78787878788 5.45110844103 69% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 11.8709677419 101% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 13.0 3.85842293907 337% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.88709677419 184% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.223866954492 0.236089414692 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0557408525563 0.076458572812 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0816934622546 0.0737576698707 111% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.168989228773 0.150856017488 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0989314873495 0.0645574589148 153% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.3 11.7677419355 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.25 58.1214874552 97% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 10.1575268817 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.71 10.9000537634 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.79 8.01818996416 97% => OK
difficult_words: 113.0 86.8835125448 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 10.002688172 55% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.0537634409 80% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 10.247311828 78% => 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: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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