The argument presented in the memorandum from the planning department of an electric power company suggests that the demand for electricity in the area will not increase, and may even decline slightly, due to increasing efforts by homeowners to conserve energy and the availability of more energy-efficient appliances and home heating technologies. The argument concludes that new electric generating plants will not be necessary.
One assumption of this argument is that the efforts by homeowners to conserve energy will be successful and result in a significant reduction in electricity usage. This assumption is not necessarily warranted, as the success of conservation efforts can depend on many factors, such as the availability and effectiveness of conservation programs, the willingness of homeowners to adopt energy-efficient technologies, and the impact of other factors, such as population growth and economic development, on electricity demand.
Another assumption of the argument is that the availability of more energy-efficient appliances and home heating technologies will lead to a decrease in the demand for electricity. This assumption is also not necessarily warranted, as the impact of these technologies on electricity demand can depend on many factors, such as the cost and availability of these technologies, their effectiveness in reducing energy consumption, and the extent to which they are adopted by homeowners.
If these assumptions prove to be unwarranted, the argument that new electric generating plants will not be necessary would be weakened. In fact, if the demand for electricity increases due to factors such as population growth or economic development, or if the impact of energy-efficient technologies is less than expected, the construction of new generating plants may be necessary to meet the increasing demand for electricity.
In conclusion, the argument presented in the memorandum relies on several unstated assumptions that are not necessarily warranted. Further analysis and evidence are needed to determine whether the construction of new electric generating plants is necessary.
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 4 2
No. of Sentences: 10 15
No. of Words: 315 350
No. of Characters: 1784 1500
No. of Different Words: 121 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.213 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.663 4.6
Word Length SD: 3.479 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 141 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 117 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 100 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 74 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 31.5 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 14.354 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.6 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.459 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.725 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.08 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, if, may, so, in conclusion, in fact, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.6327345309 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.9520958084 77% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 11.1786427146 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 13.6137724551 51% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 14.0 28.8173652695 49% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 55.5748502994 76% => OK
Nominalization: 22.0 16.3942115768 134% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1827.0 2260.96107784 81% => OK
No of words: 315.0 441.139720559 71% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.8 5.12650576532 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21286593061 4.56307096286 92% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.57113085179 2.78398813304 128% => OK
Unique words: 125.0 204.123752495 61% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.396825396825 0.468620217663 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 584.1 705.55239521 83% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.9 1.59920159681 119% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 4.96107784431 60% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.76447105788 68% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.67365269461 239% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 19.7664670659 51% => 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: 31.0 22.8473053892 136% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 97.580940762 57.8364921388 169% => OK
Chars per sentence: 182.7 119.503703932 153% => OK
Words per sentence: 31.5 23.324526521 135% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.0 5.70786347227 88% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.25449101796 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.20758483034 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 6.88822355289 73% => OK
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: 0.178945561356 0.218282227539 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0815152126135 0.0743258471296 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0795412591397 0.0701772020484 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.114793098629 0.128457276422 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0789480367025 0.0628817314937 126% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 21.6 14.3799401198 150% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 14.63 48.3550499002 30% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 14.6 7.1628742515 204% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 18.9 12.197005988 155% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.95 12.5979740519 135% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.78 8.32208582834 106% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 98.500998004 73% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 15.5 12.3882235529 125% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.4 11.1389221557 129% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.9071856287 126% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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