The following appeared in a letter from a homeowner to a friend.
"Of the two leading real estate firms in our town—Adams Realty and Fitch Realty—Adams Realty is clearly superior. Adams has 40 real estate agents; in contrast, Fitch has 25, many of whom work only part-time. Moreover, Adams' revenue last year was twice as high as that of Fitch and included home sales that averaged $168,000, compared to Fitch's $144,000. Homes listed with Adams sell faster as well: ten years ago I listed my home with Fitch, and it took more than four months to sell; last year, when I sold another home, I listed it with Adams, and it took only one month. Thus, if you want to sell your home quickly and at a good price, you should use Adams Realty."
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
The homeowner who has written the letter has made a comparison between two real estate firms of his town, but unfortunately his argument is primarily based on assumptions only. He, indeed, has provided various statistics and figures to support his argument but his points are inconclusive. a coherent and logical approach is required to make the said comparison, which regrettably, is absent in the homeowner’s statement.
The homeowner has clearly declared Adams Realty as superior, which appears to be simplistic, but apparently is not very convincing. To support the point, it is mentioned in the letter that Adams Realty has 40 real estate agents while Fitch has only 25. The difference in numbers might seem interesting, but are quite inconclusive. A firm’s performance cannot be judged on the basis of the number of full time agents it employs. It is quite possible, that Fitch’s employees may be part time and less in number, but more efficient, dedicated and talented in their field. It will not be wise to choose a real estate firm without observing the performance of its employees and just by their numbers.
Furthermore, the homeowner has mentioned the revenue generated by both firms. It is mentioned that Adams revenue was of $168,000 while Fitch’s was only $144,000. Here again, he tried to lure the reader by some numbers, but he failed to notice himself that a firm’s success or failure cannot be interpreted on the basis of the revenue it generates. It is quite possible that Adam’s may be selling more number of properties than Fitch but with lesser margin than the latter. In this case, it would be more sensible to make a deal with Fitch as the chances of making higher profit would be higher there. In other words, to support the argument, the homeowner needs to add the comparison of the profits both the firms made the previous year, instead of revenue generated.
Additionally, the homeowner has also mentioned his personal experience in the letter. But, yet again, his argument is unconvincing and inconclusive. It is stated that Fitch took 4 months to sell his property 10 years ago, while Adams took only a months to sell another one last year. Here again he attempted to tempt the readers with numbers, but this statements lacks various other factors which are very important in order to make a choice. The homeowner has not mentioned the conditions of the real estate market of 10 years ago and of last year. Neither has the location and the conditions of the above stated properties are disclosed. It is possible that the property Fitch dealt with was located in some not so desirable location, or, the property was disputed. Also it’s equally possible that the market condition was not as good that time as it was last year. If any of the above mentioned possibilities are true, then it would be prudent to deal with Fitch than with Adam, which will contradict the argument presented.
In conclusion, it can only be said that the homeowner needs to perform a better case study on both the firms. It is appreciable that statistics was used in the argument, but the scope of his analysis needs expansion. Instead of basing the argument on personal assumptions, the homeowner requires to carry out a broader, unbiased and more logical investigation before making a recommendation to anyone.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 291, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: A
...gument but his points are inconclusive. a coherent and logical approach is requir...
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Line 3, column 405, Rule ID: EN_COMPOUNDS
Message: This word is normally spelled as one.
Suggestion: fulltime
...be judged on the basis of the number of full time agents it employs. It is quite possible...
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Line 3, column 491, Rule ID: EN_COMPOUNDS
Message: This word is normally spelled with hyphen.
Suggestion: part-time
...ble, that Fitch's employees may be part time and less in number, but more efficient,...
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Line 3, column 505, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: less
...h's employees may be part time and less in number, but more efficient, dedicated and tale...
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Line 7, column 245, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a month' or simply 'months'?
Suggestion: a month; months
...rty 10 years ago, while Adams took only a months to sell another one last year. Here aga...
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Line 7, column 348, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
... to tempt the readers with numbers, but this statements lacks various other factors ...
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Line 7, column 769, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
...ocation, or, the property was disputed. Also it's equally possible that the mar...
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Line 9, column 297, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'carrying'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'require' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: carrying
...nal assumptions, the homeowner requires to carry out a broader, unbiased and more logica...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'apparently', 'but', 'furthermore', 'if', 'may', 'so', 'then', 'while', 'in conclusion', 'in other words']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.222734254992 0.25644967241 87% => OK
Verbs: 0.168970814132 0.15541462614 109% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0706605222734 0.0836205057962 85% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0721966205837 0.0520304965353 139% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0491551459293 0.0272364105082 180% => Less pronouns wanted. Try not to use 'you, I, they, he...' as the subject of a sentence
Prepositions: 0.101382488479 0.125424944231 81% => OK
Participles: 0.0460829493088 0.0416121511921 111% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.84720250426 2.79052419416 102% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0276497695853 0.026700313972 104% => OK
Particles: 0.00153609831029 0.001811407834 85% => OK
Determiners: 0.0937019969278 0.113004496875 83% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0168970814132 0.0255425247493 66% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00921658986175 0.0127820249294 72% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 3361.0 2731.13054187 123% => OK
No of words: 562.0 446.07635468 126% => OK
Chars per words: 5.98042704626 6.12365571057 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.86893614481 4.57801047555 106% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.348754448399 0.378187486979 92% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.266903914591 0.287650121315 93% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.193950177936 0.208842608468 93% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.140569395018 0.135150697306 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84720250426 2.79052419416 102% => OK
Unique words: 245.0 207.018472906 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.435943060498 0.469332199767 93% => OK
Word variations: 51.385275447 52.1807786196 98% => OK
How many sentences: 27.0 20.039408867 135% => OK
Sentence length: 20.8148148148 23.2022227129 90% => OK
Sentence length SD: 33.5409992138 57.7814097925 58% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.481481481 141.986410481 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8148148148 23.2022227129 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.407407407407 0.724660767414 56% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.14285714286 97% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 3.58251231527 223% => Correct essay format wanted or double check grammar & spelling issues after essay writing.
Readability: 47.5052062739 51.9672348444 91% => OK
Elegance: 1.27513227513 1.8405768891 69% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.408703134595 0.441005458295 93% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.122860034112 0.135418324435 91% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0767754231906 0.0829849096947 93% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.498263486921 0.58762219726 85% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.117979496752 0.147661913831 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.155420226156 0.193483328276 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0955781525019 0.0970749176394 98% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.482361675199 0.42659136922 113% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0943865197724 0.0774707102158 122% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.289916227991 0.312017818177 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.076163447962 0.0698173142475 109% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.33743842365 120% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 6.87684729064 160% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.82512315271 124% => OK
Positive topic words: 10.0 6.46551724138 155% => OK
Negative topic words: 8.0 5.36822660099 149% => OK
Neutral topic words: 3.0 2.82389162562 106% => OK
Total topic words: 21.0 14.657635468 143% => 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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