The following appeared as a letter to the editor from a Central Plaza store owner.
"Over the past two years, the number of shoppers in Central Plaza has been steadily decreasing while the popularity of skateboarding has increased dramatically. Many Central Plaza store owners believe that the decrease in their business is due to the number of skateboard users in the plaza. There has also been a dramatic increase in the amount of litter and vandalism throughout the plaza. Thus, we recommend that the city prohibit skateboarding in Central Plaza. If skateboarding is prohibited here, we predict that business in Central Plaza will return to its previously high levels."
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order 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 owner of the store, in his letter to the editor, aver that the skateboarding is the sole reason of diminishing in the business of Central Plaza and in claiming that he recommended to prohibit skateboarding in central Plaza which will help restore the flourish of the business of Central Plaza. In recommending that the author cited, as a evidence, that business in Central Plaza has decreased in past two years while business of skateboarding has increased dramatically. He also stated that litter and vandalism has increased also. Apparently, the author's recommendation is appealing, but meticulous scrutiny of the argument reveals that his argument is based on some unsubstantiated assumptions. Before accepting his recommendation, the owner of the store needs to answer the following three questions.
Firstly, Is there any other factors that affects the business of Central Plaza? Or does the decrease in business of Central Plaza occur due to other factors than Skateboarding? The author states that, in past two years, the business of central plaza has decreased while business of Skateboarding has increased. In claiming that the owner of the store assumed that decrease in business was caused by Skateboarding. It is possible that other factors has been liable for the decline in their business. Perhaps, the quality of goods has diminished, hence their business has dampened. If the answer to the above question holds true, then the argument will not be valid.
Secondly, is the litter and vandalism solely occurred because of the popularity of Skateboarding? The author, in his letter, maintained that the litter and vandalism has increased. In stating that he did not answer the arising question above. It may be the case that most of the visitors, who come only to their store, has baby, hence litter and vandalism has increased. If it is the case then the author's argument will not hold water.
Thirdly, does litter and vandalism dampen their business? Even if it is true that the litter and vandalism has increased due to popularity of skateboarding, the author, in claiming that, did not provide any evidence in support of the question above. It might be the case that the litter and vandalism did not dampen their business. Perhaps, their selling strategy is solely liable for the worsen of their business. Thus, without the answer to the question above, the author's claim may not stand strong.
In conclusion, the author's argument, as it stands now, is based on some unwarranted assumptions, which raises some questions. In evaluating his recommendation one needs to answer the following questions.
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Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.0 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 4 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 8 2
No. of Sentences: 24 15
No. of Words: 425 350
No. of Characters: 2141 1500
No. of Different Words: 156 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.54 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.038 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.81 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 153 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 119 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 92 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 49 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 17.708 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.919 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.583 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.356 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.532 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.136 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 173, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'recommended prohibiting'.
Suggestion: recommended prohibiting
...f Central Plaza and in claiming that he recommended to prohibit skateboarding in central Plaza which wi...
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Line 1, column 341, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
... recommending that the author cited, as a evidence, that business in Central Plaz...
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Line 1, column 531, Rule ID: ALSO_SENT_END[1]
Message: 'Also' is not used at the end of the sentence. Use 'as well' instead.
Suggestion: as well
...that litter and vandalism has increased also. Apparently, the authors recommendation...
^^^^
Line 1, column 553, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...ism has increased also. Apparently, the authors recommendation is appealing, but meticu...
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Line 5, column 372, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “If” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...nce litter and vandalism has increased. If it is the case then the authors argumen...
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Line 5, column 399, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...s increased. If it is the case then the authors argument will not hold water. Thirdl...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 386, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...r selling strategy is solely liable for the worsen of their business. Thus, without the an...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 20, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...not stand strong. In conclusion, the authors argument, as it stands now, is based on...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, apparently, but, first, firstly, hence, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, third, thirdly, thus, while, in conclusion, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.6327345309 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.9520958084 46% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 11.1786427146 89% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 13.6137724551 147% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 28.8173652695 132% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 58.0 55.5748502994 104% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 16.3942115768 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2207.0 2260.96107784 98% => OK
No of words: 425.0 441.139720559 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.19294117647 5.12650576532 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.54043259262 4.56307096286 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93046898003 2.78398813304 105% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 204.123752495 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.395294117647 0.468620217663 84% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 674.1 705.55239521 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.96107784431 121% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.76447105788 114% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 2.70958083832 221% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 11.0 4.22255489022 261% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 19.7664670659 121% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 22.8473053892 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 52.9386437303 57.8364921388 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.9583333333 119.503703932 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.7083333333 23.324526521 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.70833333333 5.70786347227 100% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 5.25449101796 152% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.20758483034 122% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 6.88822355289 73% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.67664670659 192% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.257448254852 0.218282227539 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0745188686233 0.0743258471296 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.109102143312 0.0701772020484 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.136701892757 0.128457276422 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.140240023866 0.0628817314937 223% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 14.3799401198 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 48.3550499002 112% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.197005988 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.53 12.5979740519 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.86 8.32208582834 94% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 98.500998004 92% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 12.3882235529 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.1389221557 79% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => 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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