Analysis of ArgumentThe following advice was given to a politician by his political consultant: It is true that 200 apartment renters protested in the rain about the elimination of rent control regulation. However, there are 20,000 renters in the entire c

The argument that the politician should ignore the protest of the two-hundred renters because it does not represent the opinion of renters throughout the city may sound logical at first, but an analysis of the political consultant's reasons for reaching this conclusion proves that more thorough evidence needs to be given before his conclusion can be considered logical.

Firstly, the political consultant considers the protest "small." Two-hundred protesters in the rain, says the political consultant, does not demonstrate that there is a problem with the elimination of rent control. One is left to wonder, however, about the context of this protest in the city. If it's the first protest in two or three decades, then surely it is significant. But, if the city has protests often, then it may be disregarded. The size of the protest is also left without context. Two-hundred out of two thousand protesters may not sound like a lot, but, again, if it's the largest protest in the city's history, then two-hundred protesters is by no means "small." A brief context of the city's protesting history would add context to this
protest, and could strengthen (or weaken) the consultants conclusion.

Another important point the political advisor made (but failed to support) is that two-hundred protesters doesn't represent the whole opinion of the renters in the city. While two-hundred is indeed a small portion of twenty-thousand, it can't
simply be written off as a minority opinion. It is possible that the end of rent control has only been recently made public, and many other renters do not know about the elimination yet. Also, the advisor fails to address the question of why the other renters didn't protest. He mentions it was raining, but he failed to mention that many of the renters were probably at work or school. The time of the protest is indeed very imporant. Was it on a Friday evening or a Wednesday afternoon? Also, the protest may have been in front of a government building, and most of the apartments could be on the other side of town, and attending a protest could have been impossible for the majority of renters. A few more details explaining why only two-hundred out of twenty-thousand renters protested could significantly strengthen (or, again, weaken) the argument!

Lastly, the political consultant mentions this one protest but fails to mention whether or not it was the only protest that has happened or is planned to happen in response to the elimination of rent control. If this protest is an isolated incident is can be taken more lightly than if it is a string of recent protests. The political consultant also fails to mention whether or not any other protesting activity has been taking place, such as petitions, written pamphlets, or media activity. Surely a protest is one way to express disconent, but it is by no means the only way. A deeper and more broad explanation of all activity in the town responding to the elimination of rent control would add perspective to the overall importance of the protest.

The political consultant has provided a conclusion that needs to be supported more thoroughly before it can be taken seriously or logically.

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Average: 5 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 308, Rule ID: IT_IS[17]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...context of this protest in the city. If its the first protest in two or three decad...
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Line 3, column 589, Rule ID: IT_IS[17]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...ay not sound like a lot, but, again, if its the largest protest in the citys histor...
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Line 3, column 770, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...esting history would add context to this protest, and could strengthen or weaken ...
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Line 4, column 45, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'consultants'' or 'consultant's'?
Suggestion: consultants'; consultant's
...est, and could strengthen or weaken the consultants conclusion. Another important point ...
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Line 6, column 105, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
... support is that two-hundred protesters doesnt represent the whole opinion of the rent...
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Line 6, column 235, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
... a small portion of twenty-thousand, it cant simply be written off as a minority o...
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Line 6, column 235, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'cants'?
Suggestion: cants
... a small portion of twenty-thousand, it cant simply be written off as a minority o...
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Line 6, column 239, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...mall portion of twenty-thousand, it cant simply be written off as a minority opin...
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Line 7, column 261, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...s the question of why the other renters didnt protest. He mentions it was raining, bu...
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Line 9, column 81, Rule ID: WHETHER[7]
Message: Perhaps you can shorten this phrase to just 'whether'. It is correct though if you mean 'regardless of whether'.
Suggestion: whether
...s this one protest but fails to mention whether or not it was the only protest that has happen...
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Line 9, column 369, Rule ID: WHETHER[7]
Message: Perhaps you can shorten this phrase to just 'whether'. It is correct though if you mean 'regardless of whether'.
Suggestion: whether
...itical consultant also fails to mention whether or not any other protesting activity has been ...
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Line 11, column 142, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...it can be taken seriously or logically.
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'first', 'firstly', 'however', 'if', 'lastly', 'may', 'so', 'then', 'while', 'such as']

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

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.215488215488 0.25644967241 84% => OK
Verbs: 0.16835016835 0.15541462614 108% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0757575757576 0.0836205057962 91% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0639730639731 0.0520304965353 123% => OK
Pronouns: 0.026936026936 0.0272364105082 99% => OK
Prepositions: 0.114478114478 0.125424944231 91% => OK
Participles: 0.043771043771 0.0416121511921 105% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.97766847617 2.79052419416 107% => OK
Infinitives: 0.023569023569 0.026700313972 88% => OK
Particles: 0.0016835016835 0.001811407834 93% => OK
Determiners: 0.126262626263 0.113004496875 112% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.023569023569 0.0255425247493 92% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00841750841751 0.0127820249294 66% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 3214.0 2731.13054187 118% => OK
No of words: 532.0 446.07635468 119% => OK
Chars per words: 6.04135338346 6.12365571057 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.80261649409 4.57801047555 105% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.366541353383 0.378187486979 97% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.317669172932 0.287650121315 110% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.210526315789 0.208842608468 101% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.142857142857 0.135150697306 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.97766847617 2.79052419416 107% => OK
Unique words: 230.0 207.018472906 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.432330827068 0.469332199767 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Word variations: 50.0533546476 52.1807786196 96% => OK
How many sentences: 22.0 20.039408867 110% => OK
Sentence length: 24.1818181818 23.2022227129 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 83.9093986993 57.7814097925 145% => OK
Chars per sentence: 146.090909091 141.986410481 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.1818181818 23.2022227129 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.545454545455 0.724660767414 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 5.14285714286 136% => OK
Language errors: 12.0 3.58251231527 335% => Correct essay format wanted or double check grammar & spelling issues after essay writing.
Readability: 55.9487354751 51.9672348444 108% => OK
Elegance: 1.44155844156 1.8405768891 78% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.494494956674 0.441005458295 112% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.105167022986 0.135418324435 78% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0706413276315 0.0829849096947 85% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.592059599432 0.58762219726 101% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.231433148309 0.147661913831 157% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.213995827734 0.193483328276 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.104386918093 0.0970749176394 108% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.341218776912 0.42659136922 80% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.163841850787 0.0774707102158 211% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.287632809759 0.312017818177 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.118812882651 0.0698173142475 170% => OK

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.33743842365 36% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 16.0 6.87684729064 233% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.82512315271 62% => OK
Positive topic words: 2.0 6.46551724138 31% => OK
Negative topic words: 8.0 5.36822660099 149% => OK
Neutral topic words: 1.0 2.82389162562 35% => OK
Total topic words: 11.0 14.657635468 75% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6 -- The score is based on the average performance of 20,000 argument essays. This e-grader is not smart enough to check on arguments.
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