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At the present time, the population of some countries includes a relatively large number of young adults, compared with the number of older people. Do the advantage of this situation outweigh the disadvantages?

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Nowadays, some nations have young
adults
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 more than old
people
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,
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advantage
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the advantage
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 of
this
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 phenomenon is the strong
economy
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, and one of the advantages is
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 deficiency of employment, in my point of view I think that that
advantage
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outweigh
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 the disadvantages. The downside of the statement is unemployment, if the young
people
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 in one
country
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 are more than old ones that's what
lead
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fight
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our
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the
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jobs, a recent study in some countries found that the countries that have a large number of young
adults
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prone
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 to have unemployment.
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hand
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 the
advantage
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 of
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 phenomenon is that the
country
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 will have an excellent
economy
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, that's by having large and exciting
adults
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 to work and
development
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 their
country
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,
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, young
people
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 have the passion two increase
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 output of their
country
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, a prime example is Dubai, it is one of the most successful
nation
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 in the world, they have strong
economy
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due to
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 figure of young
people
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 there,
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, having
significant
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a significant
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 number of
adults
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 will lead to
viable
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the viable
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 and successful
country
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 with
strong
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economy
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.
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, the number of young
people
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 in some nations over the old
people
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 is a good phenomenon and the
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advantage
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advantages
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 (strong
economy
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) outweigh the
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advantage
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advantages
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 (lack of environment)
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coherence cohesion
Try to avoid repetition of ideas or words. For example, you've repeated the word 'advantage' in a way that can be confusing. Instead of repeating, try to use synonyms or reformulate the sentence.
coherence cohesion
Improve your paragraph structure by ensuring each paragraph has a clear main idea which is expanded upon with supporting details and examples.
task achievement
Focus on providing more relevant and specific examples to back up your points. For instance, you mentioned Dubai but didn’t give specific details on how the youthful population has directly contributed to its economic success.
task achievement
Your essay clearly addresses the task prompt, discussing both advantages and disadvantages of a youthful population with a leaning towards the advantages.
coherence cohesion
The essay has a clear introduction and conclusion which help frame your arguments and make your position clear.

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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
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