"Over the past year, our late-night news program has devoted increasingly more time to covering national news and less time to covering weather and local news. During the same time period, most of the complaints we received from viewers were concerned with the station's coverage of weather and local news. In addition, several local businesses that used to run advertisements during our late-night news program have just cancelled their advertising contracts with us. Therefore, in order to attract more viewers to our news programs and to avoid losing any further advertising revenues, we should expand the coverage of weather and local news on all our news programs."
In the editorial, it is stated that due to devoting increased time to national news on the late-night program schedule, there is a gradual decrease of viewers. The conclusion is baised on the fact from the complains acknowledged from te viewers anout coverage of weather and local news. Stated in this way author fails to mentions the evidence of the argument and the stated argument is widly vague as the complains would have arised from views related to the content of the weather and local news rather then the timing. The concluion is based on unwarrented assumptions, hence the argument is serverly flawed.
Firstly, the author claims that due to the increased time given to national news viewers are decreasing. However, author fails to mentions the age group of viewers that are decreasing, as late night programs are dedicated for family time which means all age group are targeted. Despite the clear evidence author had made a conclusion about decrease in age group. Hence, to prove the validity of the argument author should come up with proper statics of data..
Secondly, author stated that most complains were recived about the weather and local news, and the solution to this would could be achieved by increasing time period of these kind of news. This statement is widely vague as author has not mentions the facts about the complaints. For example, people buy goods from market and they most probably provide a compliain because of it quality. Hence the reason for the complain could be due to the content in the news related to local and weather news. There is always a way to provide quality content even in less amount of time. Hence, author should acknowledge the fact that quality is important then the quantity.
Thirdly, author assumes that there is a decrese in local advertiser reveneues. The author fails to provide the proper data. As decrese in reveneu from local advertiser can be because of increse in revvenue from global advertiser revenue. Hence, the author provides unwarrent assumption.
In conclusion, the author's argument is vague and is presented with unwarrented assumptions. To strengthen his/her argument author should come up with the facts and statically proved data. Author should acknowledge that quality comes over quantity. The author should suggest to focus more on providing good content rather then long content and should suggest to targeting all age groupe of people
Comments
Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 22 15
No. of Words: 400 350
No. of Characters: 1981 1500
No. of Different Words: 174 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.472 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.952 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.444 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 155 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 110 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 69 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 37 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 18.182 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.354 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.591 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.328 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.528 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.098 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 323, Rule ID: TO_NON_BASE[1]
Message: The verb after "to" should be in the base form: 'mention'.
Suggestion: mention
...ews. Stated in this way author fails to mentions the evidence of the argument and the st...
^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 506, Rule ID: RATHER_THEN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'than'? 'than' is used for comparisons, 'then' is an expression of time.
Suggestion: than
...nt of the weather and local news rather then the timing. The concluion is based on u...
^^^^
Line 5, column 131, Rule ID: TO_NON_BASE[1]
Message: The verb after "to" should be in the base form: 'mention'.
Suggestion: mention
...re decreasing. However, author fails to mentions the age group of viewers that are decre...
^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 458, Rule ID: DOUBLE_PUNCTUATION
Message: Two consecutive dots
Suggestion: .
...ould come up with proper statics of data.. Secondly, author stated that mos...
^^
Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ome up with proper statics of data.. Secondly, author stated that most compla...
^^^^
Line 9, column 170, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this kind' or 'these kinds'?
Suggestion: this kind; these kinds
...e achieved by increasing time period of these kind of news. This statement is widely vague...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 388, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...vide a compliain because of it quality. Hence the reason for the complain could be du...
^^^^^
Line 9, column 409, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...use of it quality. Hence the reason for the complain could be due to the content in the news...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 17, column 20, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...ent assumption. In conclusion, the authors argument is vague and is presented with...
^^^^^^^
Line 17, column 322, Rule ID: RATHER_THEN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'than'? 'than' is used for comparisons, 'then' is an expression of time.
Suggestion: than
...s more on providing good content rather then long content and should suggest to targ...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, firstly, hence, however, second, secondly, so, then, third, thirdly, for example, in conclusion, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.6327345309 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.9520958084 85% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 11.1786427146 89% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 13.6137724551 59% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 16.0 28.8173652695 56% => OK
Preposition: 59.0 55.5748502994 106% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 16.3942115768 67% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2041.0 2260.96107784 90% => OK
No of words: 399.0 441.139720559 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.11528822055 5.12650576532 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.46933824581 4.56307096286 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52941936506 2.78398813304 91% => OK
Unique words: 174.0 204.123752495 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.436090225564 0.468620217663 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 626.4 705.55239521 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 4.96107784431 40% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.76447105788 80% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.22255489022 118% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 19.7664670659 111% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 22.8473053892 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 45.3207120658 57.8364921388 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.7727272727 119.503703932 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.1363636364 23.324526521 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.04545454545 5.70786347227 88% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 5.25449101796 190% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.20758483034 73% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 6.88822355289 145% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.67664670659 128% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.23431358854 0.218282227539 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0753457737036 0.0743258471296 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.099409967391 0.0701772020484 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.140705974294 0.128457276422 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.101209786633 0.0628817314937 161% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 14.3799401198 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.3550499002 110% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.197005988 84% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.12 12.5979740519 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.13 8.32208582834 98% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 98.500998004 92% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 12.3882235529 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.1389221557 83% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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