In many countries today, people in cities either live alone or in small family units, rather than in large, extended family groups. Is this a positive or negative trend?
It has become more common than ever for urban residents to live by themselves or with only one or two family members. Although this lifestyle may bring certain drawbacks, they are far outweighed by the many benefits.
The potential disadvantages of living with very few family members, or even alone, can be easily avoided through better planning. It is true that housing costs are on the rise, meaning that smaller families or individuals will have to shoulder an ever-increasing financial burden without the help of their relatives. This could lead to parents spending less time with their children just to provide for their household, or to young workers facing serious health issues stemming from overwork. However, this is discounting the fact that such problems most often arise through poor financial planning.
That is to say, those on a tighter budget should rent accommodation instead of going into debt to pay for a house, while parents ought to better plan for when to have children.
Shrinking household sizes can be beneficial both to young parents and to those living on their own. Regarding the former, living separately from other family members can give parents the final say on how to raise their kids as they see fit. This is especially beneficial in my country, Vietnam, where grandparents often interfere, and side with their grandchildren when they are being disciplined, potentially spoiling them. Similar freedoms can also be enjoyed by those living in solitude. This is because having a place of one's own affords a person the luxury to dictate their own work and life schedule without fear of bothering anyone. This would allow people to be more flexible with their work, ultimately helping them achieve a better work-life balance.
In conclusion, the theoretical drawbacks of living in smaller family units or completely alone are minimal and avoidable, while doing so can afford people more control over their own lives. For the aforementioned reasons, I contend that this is an overall positive trend.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 336, Rule ID: TO_NON_BASE[1]
Message: The verb after "to" should be in the base form: 'parent'.
Suggestion: parent
... of their relatives. This could lead to parents spending less time with their children ...
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Line 5, column 149, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to people'
Suggestion: to people
...nd avoidable, while doing so can afford people more control over their own lives. For ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, may, regarding, so, while, in conclusion, it is true, that is to say
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 24.0651302605 141% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 45.0 41.998997996 107% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 8.3376753507 24% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1704.0 1615.20841683 105% => OK
No of words: 331.0 315.596192385 105% => OK
Chars per words: 5.14803625378 5.12529762239 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.26537283232 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68593823456 2.80592935109 96% => OK
Unique words: 208.0 176.041082164 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.628398791541 0.561755894193 112% => OK
syllable_count: 523.8 506.74238477 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 5.43587174349 202% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.3206759295 49.4020404114 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.6 106.682146367 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.0666666667 20.7667163134 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.8 7.06120827912 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.164373429677 0.244688304435 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0588036869897 0.084324248473 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.042341442719 0.0667982634062 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.101507642057 0.151304729494 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.068009807391 0.056905535591 120% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 13.0946893788 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 50.2224549098 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.59 12.4159519038 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.07 8.58950901804 106% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 78.4519038076 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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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.