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        	        	<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ramesh and thanks for this essay</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Specific</strong></span></p>
<p>Make every sentence <span style="color: #800000"><strong>specific</strong></span> and <span style="color: #800000"><strong>related to the topic</strong></span>. This sentence could be used in a million essays:</p>
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I am strongly against this concept <span style="background-color: #ffff00">and the reasons are outlined in the paragraphs that follow.</span></p>
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<p>The last phrase does not add to your essay. It does not help the reader in any way.</p>
<p>The reader also has to go back and work out what you mean by ‘<span style="background-color: #ffff00">this concept</span>.’ Keep your writing going forward and make pronoun reference clear. Here’s one possible rewrite:</p>
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I am strongly against quotas for male and female enrolment because they are unfair for students and are not good for the country.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Word Choice/Word Form/Usage</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="background-color: #ffff00">now days</span> → <span style="color: #800000"><strong>nowadays  </strong>(<span style="color: #000000">This was corrected in another essay of yours. Please make sure to eliminate errors people</span> find!</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #ffff00">At last</span> → <span style="color: #800000"><strong>finally <br />
  </strong></span></li>
<li>nursing and architecture are chosen by many girls <span style="background-color: #ffff00">where as</span> mechanical engineering is least preferred by girls. → <span style="color: #800000"><strong>whereas<br />
    </strong></span></li>
<li>reservation of seats will be effective if implemented <span style="background-color: #ffff00">on</span> primary and secondary level of education → reserving places will be effective if implemented <strong>at</strong> primary and secondary level. <br />
  </li>
<li>Educationalists, now days, are <span style="background-color: #ffff00">rising</span> the <span style="background-color: #ffff00">voice</span> of gender equality in education systems. (13 words) → Educationalists are raising the issue of gender equality in education.</li>
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<p>Let’s improve this further by removing the uncomfortable use of 'educationalists' and 'education' in  the same sentence.</p>
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Gender equality is an important issue in education. (8 words)</p>
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<li><span style="background-color: #ffff00">So</span> there is a thinking that universities should admit</li>
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<p>Don’t start sentences with ‘And,’ ‘So,’ ‘Because,’ or ‘For.’   Here’s one possible rewrite:</p>
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Some people have argued that universities should admit equal numbers of male and female students in all subjects</p>
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<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Articles/Plurals</strong></span></p>
<p>You need to check your writing for article and plural errors.  Don’t let such simple mistakes lower your score.</p>
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<li>universities should admit equal <span style="background-color: #ffff00">number</span> of male and female students  → universities should admit <span style="color: #800000"><strong>an</strong></span> equal number of male and female students  <span style="color: #800000"><strong>OR   </strong></span>universities should admit equal <span style="color: #800000"><strong>numbers</strong></span> of male and female students<br />
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<li>it prevents qualified and interested one to get the opportunity. → it prevents qualified and interested <span style="color: #800000"><strong>students</strong></span> from getting <span style="color: #800000"><strong>opportunities</strong></span>.    <span style="color: #800000"><strong>OR   </strong>   </span>it prevents a qualified and interested student from getting an opportunity. <br />
  </li>
<li>there will be <span style="background-color: #ffff00">the</span> competition  → there will be <span style="color: #800000"><strong>competition</strong></span><br />
  </li>
<li>If <span style="background-color: #ffff00">the</span> segmentation is not the case → If segmentation does not occur<br />
  </li>
<li>Girls will compete for seat reserved for <span style="background-color: #ffff00">female</span> and <span style="background-color: #ffff00">boy</span> work hard to be top among the boys → Girls will compete for <span style="color: #800000"><strong>seats</strong></span> reserved for <span style="color: #800000"><strong>females</strong></span> and <span style="color: #800000"><strong>boys</strong> <strong>will</strong></span> work hard to be top among the boys.<br />
  </li>
<li>there will<span style="background-color: #ffff00"> be less</span> competitive environment in academic <span style="background-color: #ffff00">circle</span> → there will be <strong>a</strong> less competitive environment in academic <strong><span style="color: #800000">circles   </span> <span style="color: #800000">OR   </span></strong>academic <span style="color: #800000"><strong>circles</strong></span> will be less competitive.<br />
  </li>
<li>The interest they possess makes them cho<span style="background-color: #ffff00">ose specif</span>ic degree  → The interest they possess makes them choose<span style="color: #800000"> <strong>a</strong></span> specific degree   <span style="color: #800000"><strong>OR  </strong> </span>The interest they possess makes them choose specific <strong><span style="color: #800000">degrees</span><br />
   </strong></li>
<li>If the university starts accepting equal <span style="background-color: #ffff00">number</span> of male and female students → If the university starts accepting <span style="color: #800000"><strong>an</strong></span> equal number of male and female students  <span style="color: #800000"><strong>OR</strong>  </span> If the university starts accepting equal <span style="color: #800000"><strong>numbers</strong></span> of male and female students</li>
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<p>You wrote:</p>
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the <span style="background-color: #ffff00">initiation</span> of equal opportunity for both gender sounds <span style="background-color: #ffff00">nice</span> o<span style="background-color: #ffff00">n the light</span> that female are lacking opportunities compared to male counterparts</p>
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<p>Let’s fix the article and plural errors</p>
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the initiation of equal opportunity for both <strong>genders</strong> sounds nice on the light that <strong>females</strong> are lacking opportunities compared to <strong>their</strong> male counterparts</p>
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<p>Now let’s simplify it and remove the repetition of opportunity</p>
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Having equal numbers of both <span style="color: #800000"><strong>genders</strong></span> sounds reasonable if <span style="color: #800000"><strong>female students</strong></span> are lacking opportunities compared to <span style="color: #800000"><strong>their</strong></span> male counterparts  </p>
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<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>OR</strong></span>   </p>
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Having equal numbers of both <span style="color: #800000"><strong>genders</strong></span> seems reasonable as a<strong> </strong> way to encourage female participation</p>
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<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Introduction: Rewrite</strong></span></p>
<p>Here’s one possible rewrite of your introduction:</p>
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Gender equality has become an important issue in education, and some people have argued that universities should admit equal numbers of male and female students.  However, I believe that quotas based on gender are unfair to students and are not good for the country.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Clarify</strong></span></p>
<p>You wrote:</p>
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If the segmentation is not the case, there will be <span style="background-color: #ffff00">the competition</span> among all the students. </p>
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<p>I don’t understand this sentence. Can you add some more information for us?</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Punctuation: Avoid Unnecessary Commas</strong></span></p>
<p>You wrote:</p>
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<p>
Educationalists<span style="background-color: #ffff00">,</span> no<span style="background-color: #ffff00">w d</span>ay<span style="background-color: #ffff00">s, a</span>re rising the voice of gender equality</p>
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<p>This may lead the student to choose another subject whic<span style="background-color: #ffff00">h, i</span>n turn<span style="background-color: #ffff00">,</span> may not be as productive.</p>
<p>Too many commas can make your writing choppy. Simplify your phrasing by leaving them out.  </p>
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Educationalists are <span style="background-color: #ffff00">rising</span> the <span style="background-color: #ffff00">voice</span> of gender equality  (<em>see the rewrite of this sentence, above</em>)</p>
<p>This may lead the student to choose another less productive subject.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Overall</strong></span></p>
<p>Overall, I would agree with Brian when he says to try to express yourself more simply.</p>
<p>Check and double-check for article errors. Avoid using commas. Try to avoid empty or formulaic phrases and instead try to be original. Keep sentences short -  your average is 17.5, which is too long. Add more short sentences.</p>
<p>The argument in your second paragraph is the very reason why some people want to implement quotas. Why are there not more women engineers? Why do so few men go into architecture? Is this imbalance healthy for those professions?</p>
<p>One way to argue for your ideas is to agree with some of the opposing ideas, and then to counterattack. For example, you can acknowledge there is some merit/benefit/advantage to one of your opponent's ideas, but then counter-argue with a stronger disadvantage.</p>
<p>Avoid adding new ideas in the conclusion. Why would equal numbers of places for boys and girls be effective be in primary schools?  In India, <a title="sex ratio India" href="http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/s13_sex_ratio.pdf" target="_blank">where boys aged 0-6 outnumber girls by almost 10%</a>, this would mean that there would not be enough places in primary school for boys (but it might help boost female enrolment in primary school). If you add new ideas in the conclusion, they will usually be unsupported.</p>
<p>Take more time to look at ideas in depth, and push yourself to see how they can be developed and expressed in detail.</p>
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        	<title>Brian_mcclaine on Should universities admit equal numbers of male and female students?</title>
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        	        	<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ramesh,</p>
<p>Im afraid Im busy now then just focus on the inroduction:</p>
<p><span style="background-color: #c0c0c0">Educationalists, <span style="color: #ff0000">now days</span>, are <span style="color: #ff0000">rising</span> the voice of gender equality in education systems. So there is a <span style="background-color: #ffff00">thinking</span> that universities should admit equal number of male and female students in all of<span style="color: #ff0000"> its</span> subjects. I am strongly against this <span style="background-color: #ffff00">concept</span> and the<span style="background-color: #ffff00"> reasons are outlined in the paragraphs that follow.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000">*** </span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000">Grammar tips:</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000"><span style="color: #ff0000">Now days </span> ===&#62; nowadays</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000">are <span style="color: #ff0000">rising</span> the voice  ===&#62; ( When <strong>rise</strong> is a verb, it does not have an object. and When <strong>raise</strong> is a verb, it must have an object) are <span style="color: #ff9900">RAISING</span> the voice</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000">and all of <span style="color: #ff0000">its</span> subjects ===&#62; all of THEIR subjects</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000">***</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000">word choice:</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000">there is a thinking ===&#62; there is a thought</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000">concept ===&#62; idea/view</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000"> I am strongly against this concept and the reasons are outlined in the paragraphs that follow.===&#62; I am strongly against this view based on following reasons OR I completely disagree with this point of view because of following reasons Or Below are some arguments opposing this view.</span></p>
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<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000">*** </span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000">I think you are quite well in covering and addressing all bullets ( TASK RESPONSE). At first glance , I have noticed that you consider addressing all points of what question asks. This is a strong point. But the problem reveals when you try to use complex language and complex sentences. Try to use what you are sure about them. For example, in the introduction you made some mistakes that the examiner will not consider them as a slippery mistakes. I think that Mr.Enda accepts that how well an error-free introduction is in an essay. And last but not least  try to put the clarity at the top priority. This makes your essay easy to follow and read.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000">Best regards,</span></p>
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        	        	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:04:38 +0400</pubDate>
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        	        	<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Universities should accept equal number of male and female students in every subject. </strong><strong>To what extent do you agree or disagree?</strong></p>
<p>Educationalists, now days, are rising the voice of gender equality in education systems. So there is a thinking that universities should admit equal number of male and female students in all of its subjects. I am strongly against this concept and the reasons are outlined in the paragraphs that follow.</p>
<p>Firstly, there are some degrees which are popular in gender specific groups. For example, in my country, nursing and architecture are chosen by many girls where as mechanical engineering is least preferred by girls. When we allocate quota for gender equality, there is big chance that qualified students from one gender do not get opportunity while less qualified gets the chance.</p>
<p>Secondly, people develop their interest before they enroll in university. The interest they possess makes them choose specific degree. If the university starts accepting equal number of male and female students, students with higher enthusiasm and aptitude toward the degree could be ignored. This may lead the student to choose another subject which, in turn, may not be as productive.</p>
<p>At last, there will be less competitive environment in academic circle because of segmented groups. Girls will compete for seat reserved for female and boy work hard to be top among the boys. This, in my opinion, will downgrade the quality of students because of the lack of competition. If the segmentation is not the case, there will be the competition among all the students.</p>
<p>In summary, the initiation of equal opportunity for both gender sounds nice on the light that female are lacking opportunities compared to male counterparts. In my opinion, reservation of seats will be effective if implemented on primary and secondary level of education. But gender equality in university level is not effective since it prevents qualified and interested one to get the opportunity.</p>
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        	        	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:05:41 +0400</pubDate>
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