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.
In the above letter the homeowner concludes that the Adams reality realestate firm is more efficient than than Filtch realty real estate firm because it sell the homes in less period of time, adams have more staff than that of filtch Also the revenue was double than that of filtch. Howvever while the conclusion by the homeowner might not hold water as it rests on several unfounded assumptions that, if not substantiated, dramatically weakens the persuasive argument. Thus the following three assumptions must be answers.
First, Is the billables of the adams are greater as that of the filtch. It may be possible that filtch is a founded recently and has a few high billable permanent staff and other non permanent staff. As the number of non billable to the billable staff in the filtch is not provided it be difficult to estimate who brings more profit to the filtch firm. It may also be possible that the adams are able to afford only 40 real estate agents where as filtch can afford 25 realestate agents in each shift, which cconveniently says that filtich is a bigger firm than that of adams. If either of the scenario is true then the assertion that the billables of the adams are the greater than filtch is dramatically hampered.
Secondly, If the of adams wass revenue was twice high as that of te filtch then average should also me near to double the average amount of the filtch. As they have not provided the exact figures of there totals revenue it is difficult to say was the revenue actually double or not. It may be possible that the filtch was founded recently and therefore was not able to genereate a good revenue as that of adams, As they have ot provided the excat year when they bothe where founded it might hamper the assumption. If either of the above assumption holds water then the assumption that adams had twice the revenue of filtch is significantly hampared.
Furthermore, Are home sales more readily at adams reality than the filtch realty. It may be possible that adams realty take only those homes which are at prime locations. If such is the case then the above assumption is dramatically hampered. It mahy be possible that the adams realty sells the homes at prime location in a much less rate which attracts more buyers that that of filtch realty which gets there homes sold easily. The homeowner needs to provide the exact proof of at what rate the property was sold and the location where the homes are located. If either of the above scenario proves to be true then the assumption is significantly hampered.
In conclusion, While the homeowner suggets his friend that adams reality is better than that of filtch reality more data is needed before a firm conclusion is reached. If the homeowner answers the above assumption, it will be possible to fully evaluate the validity of the argument.
Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 17 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 18 2
No. of Sentences: 20 15
No. of Words: 495 350
No. of Characters: 2304 1500
No. of Different Words: 187 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.717 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.655 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.432 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 152 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 102 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 73 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 41 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 24.75 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.563 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.85 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.36 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.554 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.08 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 102, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: than
...ality realestate firm is more efficient than than Filtch realty real estate firm because ...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 154, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'sells'?
Suggestion: sells
...ltch realty real estate firm because it sell the homes in less period of time, adams...
^^^^
Line 1, column 177, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
... firm because it sell the homes in less period of time, adams have more staff than that of fil...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 471, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...ically weakens the persuasive argument. Thus the following three assumptions must be...
^^^^
Line 3, column 50, Rule ID: COMP_THAN[3]
Message: Comparison requires 'than', not 'then' nor 'as'.
Suggestion: than
... the billables of the adams are greater as that of the filtch. It may be possible ...
^^
Line 3, column 201, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “As” 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.
...nt staff and other non permanent staff. As the number of non billable to the billa...
^^
Line 3, column 286, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'is'?
Suggestion: is
... staff in the filtch is not provided it be difficult to estimate who brings more p...
^^
Line 3, column 439, Rule ID: WHERE_AS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'whereas'?
Suggestion: whereas
...le to afford only 40 real estate agents where as filtch can afford 25 realestate agents ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 577, 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.
...ch is a bigger firm than that of adams. If either of the scenario is true then the...
^^
Line 3, column 689, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...of the adams are the greater than filtch is dramatically hampered. Secondly, I...
^^
Line 5, column 515, 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.
...founded it might hamper the assumption. If either of the above assumption holds wa...
^^
Line 7, column 172, 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.
...ose homes which are at prime locations. If such is the case then the above assumpt...
^^
Line 7, column 367, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: that
...ch less rate which attracts more buyers that that of filtch realty which gets there homes...
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Line 7, column 561, 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.
...e location where the homes are located. If either of the above scenario proves to ...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, first, furthermore, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, thus, while, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 36.0 19.6327345309 183% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.9520958084 77% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 11.1786427146 45% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 29.0 13.6137724551 213% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 37.0 28.8173652695 128% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 49.0 55.5748502994 88% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 16.3942115768 67% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2350.0 2260.96107784 104% => OK
No of words: 495.0 441.139720559 112% => OK
Chars per words: 4.74747474747 5.12650576532 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.71684168287 4.56307096286 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50124670476 2.78398813304 90% => OK
Unique words: 188.0 204.123752495 92% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.379797979798 0.468620217663 81% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 738.9 705.55239521 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.96107784431 121% => OK
Article: 1.0 8.76447105788 11% => OK
Subordination: 11.0 2.70958083832 406% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.22255489022 47% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 19.7664670659 101% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 22.8473053892 105% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.6198750433 57.8364921388 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.5 119.503703932 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.75 23.324526521 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.5 5.70786347227 96% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 14.0 5.25449101796 266% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.20758483034 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 6.88822355289 44% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.182401057142 0.218282227539 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.061902125799 0.0743258471296 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0645588337043 0.0701772020484 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.114526255043 0.128457276422 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0470880629866 0.0628817314937 75% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 14.3799401198 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 48.3550499002 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.197005988 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.57 12.5979740519 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.32 8.32208582834 88% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 98.500998004 79% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 12.3882235529 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.1389221557 104% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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