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

While it may be true that Adams Reality is indeed superior to Fitch Reality, the author’s argument is rife with holes and addled with assumptions. It is indeed understandable how the author may have arrived at the thus stated conclusion, it is paramount that the author addresses the assumptions made in order to make a more cogent case.

First, the author refers to the number of staff at both real estate firms, inferring that the number of real estate agents is proportional to superiority. This may very well not be the case, as the author fails to consider the experience and level of expertise of the agents at the respective firms. For example, what if the 25 part-time agents working at Fitch Reality are all veterans in the field with extensive knowledge, while the 40 at Adams Reality have relatively less experience and expertise.
The author then references the revenue made by Adams Reality, stating that it was twice that of Fitch Reality. This again does not connote that Adams Realty is of a higher caliber as revenue does not equal profit. For example, what if Fitch Realty with average sales of $144,000 makes a profit of $24,000, while Adams’ average sales of $168,000 results in a profit of $18,000.

Additionally, the author claims that houses listed on Adams Realty sell at a faster rate. The author further buttresses this point by stating an experience they had with Fitch Realty ten years ago in which it took four months to sell a house, while recently they sold a house in less than half that time using Adams Realty. This statement fails to consider the development Fitch Realty is likely to have undergone over the ten-year span, comparing Fitch Realty from ten years in the past with Adams Realty as we know it now. For example, what if at the time Fitch Realty was new to the real estate business and had yet to properly settle in terms of understanding the market, while Adams Realty - having been used recently to sell a house – may be more established.

Also, the author does not disclose to us the state of the houses sold using the respective firms. For example, what if the house sold ten years ago using Fitch Realty was run down and dilapidated, while the house sold recently using Adams Realty was in pristine condition. The author at this point does not also consider economic factors such as recession and so on.

If the author can give suitable evidence to back the assumptions stated, then they may have a more solid argument, but at the moment the argument can easily be picked apart and refuted.

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Average: 7.5 (3 votes)
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, may, so, then, thus, well, while, for example, such as

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.6327345309 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.9520958084 54% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 11.1786427146 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 13.6137724551 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 24.0 28.8173652695 83% => OK
Preposition: 56.0 55.5748502994 101% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 16.3942115768 61% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2115.0 2260.96107784 94% => OK
No of words: 445.0 441.139720559 101% => OK
Chars per words: 4.75280898876 5.12650576532 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.59293186426 4.56307096286 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.47504892885 2.78398813304 89% => OK
Unique words: 199.0 204.123752495 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.447191011236 0.468620217663 95% => OK
syllable_count: 661.5 705.55239521 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 4.96107784431 101% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.76447105788 80% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 2.70958083832 295% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 4.22255489022 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 19.7664670659 81% => 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: 27.0 22.8473053892 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.9572970855 57.8364921388 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.1875 119.503703932 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.8125 23.324526521 119% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.75 5.70786347227 83% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.25449101796 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.20758483034 61% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 6.88822355289 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.67664670659 150% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.266352086513 0.218282227539 122% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.09963182492 0.0743258471296 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0773946758574 0.0701772020484 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.131233865172 0.128457276422 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0920025961846 0.0628817314937 146% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.8 14.3799401198 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 48.3550499002 109% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 12.197005988 103% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.57 12.5979740519 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.92 8.32208582834 95% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 98.500998004 84% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 12.3882235529 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.1389221557 115% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.9071856287 109% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.5 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 16 15
No. of Words: 444 350
No. of Characters: 2048 1500
No. of Different Words: 189 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.59 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.613 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.347 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 135 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 79 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 53 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 33 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 27.75 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.452 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.812 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.38 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.602 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.137 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5