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.
From a letter from a homeowner to a friend, it is concluded that Adam Realty (AR) real estate firm is superior than the Fitch Realty (FR) for selling home quickly at a good price based on the evidence that last year AR sold house quickly However, before the conclusion render as justified three unwarranted assumptions should be answered
Firstly, can past ten years's situations are comparable with last year situations? In other words, are ten year before FR conditions same as last year conditions? For example, ten year before may be FR brand value was low but now the conditions may be changed Thus now selling house in FR can be more quicker than the AR fir If this situation is true then the statement is seriously flawed, and for persuasively evaluated this question should be answered
Secondly, can more agents indicate better real state firm to sell home quickly and at good price? For examples, good selling depends on agent quality and not on quantity FR firm may have low agents but this may be highly experienced in selling house Thus, they can sell house more quickely and at good price If this implication 1s true then the argument doesn't hold water and need evaluation
Thirdly, can double revenue gives impression of selling house quickly and at good price? For example, AF may have low revenue but this doesn't say this that they sell house in delay and at low price Maybe AD firm is big and more sell in a year but that doesn't represent that they sell more quickly and at good price More number of sell can give a good review! If this may true then the implication of this statement need to follow to make it persuasive
In conclusion this argument is seriously flawed and can not true if this unstated assumptions are not
answered
Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 15 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 5 2
No. of Sentences: 11 15
No. of Words: 313 350
No. of Characters: 1418 1500
No. of Different Words: 137 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.206 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.53 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.399 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 85 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 64 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 42 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 28 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 28.455 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 20.734 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.909 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.41 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.751 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.152 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 6 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 110, Rule ID: SUPERIOR_THAN[1]
Message: The adjective superior is normally used with 'to'.
Suggestion: to
... Realty AR real estate firm is superior than the Fitch Realty FR for selling home qu...
^^^^
Line 3, column 296, Rule ID: MOST_COMPARATIVE[2]
Message: Use only 'quicker' (without 'more') when you use the comparative.
Suggestion: quicker
...ged Thus now selling house in FR can be more quicker than the AR fir If this situation is tr...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 355, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...s implication 1s true then the argument doesnt hold water and need evaluation Third...
^^^^^^
Line 7, column 136, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...ample, AF may have low revenue but this doesnt say this that they sell house in delay ...
^^^^^^
Line 7, column 253, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...is big and more sell in a year but that doesnt represent that they sell more quickly a...
^^^^^^
Line 7, column 360, 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.
... number of sell can give a good review! If this may true then the implication of t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, third, thirdly, thus, for example, in conclusion, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.6327345309 81% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.9520958084 131% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 11.1786427146 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 13.6137724551 37% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 20.0 28.8173652695 69% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 55.5748502994 52% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 10.0 16.3942115768 61% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1453.0 2260.96107784 64% => OK
No of words: 310.0 441.139720559 70% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.68709677419 5.12650576532 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.19604776685 4.56307096286 92% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.44345203685 2.78398813304 88% => OK
Unique words: 136.0 204.123752495 67% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.438709677419 0.468620217663 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 437.4 705.55239521 62% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59920159681 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 4.96107784431 40% => OK
Article: 0.0 8.76447105788 0% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.22255489022 95% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 5.0 19.7664670659 25% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 62.0 22.8473053892 271% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 139.780685361 57.8364921388 242% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 290.6 119.503703932 243% => Less chars_per_sentence wanted.
Words per sentence: 62.0 23.324526521 266% => Less words per sentence wanted.
Discourse Markers: 26.2 5.70786347227 459% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 5.25449101796 114% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.20758483034 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 6.88822355289 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.67664670659 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0907933137544 0.218282227539 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0634424283314 0.0743258471296 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.094003127446 0.0701772020484 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0723055547992 0.128457276422 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.113554809401 0.0628817314937 181% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 31.7 14.3799401198 220% => Automated_readability_index is high.
flesch_reading_ease: 25.47 48.3550499002 53% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 25.1 12.197005988 206% => Flesch kincaid grade is high.
coleman_liau_index: 10.81 12.5979740519 86% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.51 8.32208582834 114% => OK
difficult_words: 55.0 98.500998004 56% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 17.5 12.3882235529 141% => OK
gunning_fog: 26.8 11.1389221557 241% => Gunning_fog is high.
text_standard: 27.0 11.9071856287 227% => The average readability is very high. Good job!
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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