An international development organization, in response to a vitamin A deficiency among people in the impoverished nation of Tagus, has engineered a new breed of millet high in vitamin A. While seeds for this new type of millet cost more, farmers will be paid subsidies for farming the new variety of millet. Since millet is already a staple food in Tagus, people will readily adopt the new variety. To combat vitamin A deficiency, the government of Tagus should do everything it can to promote this new type of millet.
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.
The argument states the solution given by the international development organization regarding the deficiency of Vitamin A among the people of impoverished nation, Tagus. It introduces a new type of millet which can fill this Vitamin A gap. Also, so as to support farmers, according to the statement, subsidies will be given to them. And lastly, the organization suggests that to combat Vitamin A deficiency, the government should do everything to promote this new type of millet. However, the author premises regarding the argument comprises certain flaws that are not supported in the statement.
Firstly, according to the statement, the farmers will be supported by providing them subsidies so as to plant these new breed of millet, which is high in Vitamin A. However, certain questions are not cogently answered by the author. Like, What if the cost of planting is more than the provided subsidies? In this case, the farmers will have to pay from their pockets for planting these new subsidies and thus, might affect a farmer's financial accumulation. Also, what if, even after giving subsidies, the land which the farmer owns does not support the new seed of millet? In this scenario, it might affect affect both the farmers as well as organization. As, the subsidies will go to vain and farmers will not be able to make any crop. Hence, these problematic situations should be kept in mind.
Secondly, it is assumed that since millet is already a staple food in Tagus, people will readily adopt the new variety. But, on what basis this conclusion is made. Who knows the taste or texture of new seed of millet? What if people don't find its taste appealing? Also, how one can assume that people will adopt this new seed just because their staple food is millet? Thus, the premise and assumption on which this conclusion is based upon, are not persuasive.
Finally, the author states that the government should provide extra support. But, what will be the consequence on other matters, if the government will do everything for this new millet. Is, to combat the deficiency of Vitamin A, the only problem in the nation? In might be possible that there exists other food in the market which can combat this situations. In such case, doing everything to promote the new seed of millet, might be a waste of resources.
To conclude, the argument is not solely fallacious. However, it could be supported by answering to the aforementioned questions. The government might conduct a study so as to get the knowledge about how many people have this deficiency? Are they happy with the new seed of millet? Are they ready to adopt them? This could make a more viable decision. Also, government could carry out certain researches so as to know whether there are some other food products that can counterattack this problem. These measures could help to understand the complete vision regarding the situation.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 248, Rule ID: SO_AS_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
...hich can fill this Vitamin A gap. Also, so as to support farmers, according to the state...
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Line 1, column 490, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...romote this new type of millet. However, the author premises regarding the argume...
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Line 3, column 96, Rule ID: SO_AS_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
...e supported by providing them subsidies so as to plant these new breed of millet, which ...
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Line 3, column 424, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a farmer' or simply 'farmers'?
Suggestion: a farmer; farmers
...se new subsidies and thus, might affect a farmers financial accumulation. Also, what if, ...
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Line 3, column 601, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: affect
...d of millet? In this scenario, it might affect affect both the farmers as well as organizatio...
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Line 3, column 632, Rule ID: BOTH_AS_WELL_AS[1]
Message: Probable usage error. Use 'and' after 'both'.
Suggestion: and
...it might affect affect both the farmers as well as organization. As, the subsidies will go...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...e of new seed of millet? What if people dont find its taste appealing? Also, how one...
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Line 7, column 344, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
...her food in the market which can combat this situations. In such case, doing everyth...
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Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
...s. The government might conduct a study so as to get the knowledge about how many people...
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Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
...ment could carry out certain researches so as to know whether there are some other food ...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'finally', 'first', 'firstly', 'hence', 'however', 'if', 'lastly', 'regarding', 'second', 'secondly', 'so', 'thus', 'well', 'as to', 'as well as']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.223021582734 0.25644967241 87% => OK
Verbs: 0.160071942446 0.15541462614 103% => OK
Adjectives: 0.068345323741 0.0836205057962 82% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0575539568345 0.0520304965353 111% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0215827338129 0.0272364105082 79% => OK
Prepositions: 0.104316546763 0.125424944231 83% => OK
Participles: 0.0395683453237 0.0416121511921 95% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.69363565431 2.79052419416 97% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0323741007194 0.026700313972 121% => OK
Particles: 0.00179856115108 0.001811407834 99% => OK
Determiners: 0.118705035971 0.113004496875 105% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.044964028777 0.0255425247493 176% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0269784172662 0.0127820249294 211% => Maybe 'Which' is overused. If other WH_determiners like 'Who, What, Whom, Whose...' are used too in sentences, then there are no issues.
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2907.0 2731.13054187 106% => OK
No of words: 488.0 446.07635468 109% => OK
Chars per words: 5.95696721311 6.12365571057 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.70007681154 4.57801047555 103% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.331967213115 0.378187486979 88% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.264344262295 0.287650121315 92% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.18237704918 0.208842608468 87% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.131147540984 0.135150697306 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69363565431 2.79052419416 97% => OK
Unique words: 218.0 207.018472906 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.446721311475 0.469332199767 95% => OK
Word variations: 50.5860767887 52.1807786196 97% => OK
How many sentences: 32.0 20.039408867 160% => OK
Sentence length: 15.25 23.2022227129 66% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.9340628688 57.7814097925 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.84375 141.986410481 64% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.25 23.2022227129 66% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.53125 0.724660767414 73% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.14285714286 97% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 3.58251231527 279% => Correct essay format wanted or double check grammar & spelling issues after essay writing.
Readability: 41.6844262295 51.9672348444 80% => OK
Elegance: 1.53383458647 1.8405768891 83% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.448095727954 0.441005458295 102% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0851920855697 0.135418324435 63% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0639318163317 0.0829849096947 77% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.466099021181 0.58762219726 79% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.134164521736 0.147661913831 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.145668389337 0.193483328276 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102981629221 0.0970749176394 106% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.407458163114 0.42659136922 96% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.112462564341 0.0774707102158 145% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.311696267448 0.312017818177 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0978231034001 0.0698173142475 140% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 8.33743842365 204% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 6.87684729064 131% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.82512315271 124% => OK
Positive topic words: 14.0 6.46551724138 217% => OK
Negative topic words: 7.0 5.36822660099 130% => OK
Neutral topic words: 5.0 2.82389162562 177% => OK
Total topic words: 26.0 14.657635468 177% => 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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