The following appears in a letter to the editor for the West Lansburg News:
"The tufted groundhog lives in the coastal wetlands of West Lansburg. Ancient records suggest that the tufted groundhog once numbered in the millions. Since they were declared a wildlife sanctuary in 2004, development along the coastal wetlands has been prohibited. Now local development interests are lobbying for the West Lansburg council to allow an access road to be built along the edge of wetlands. Neighboring Eastern Carpenteria, which had a similar sanctuary, has seen its sea otter population decline since the repeal of its sanctuary status in 1978. In order to preserve the region's biodiversity and ensure a healthy environment, the West Lansburg council should not allow the road to be built."
The author in the letter talks about the tufted groundhog which would become extinct because of the local development interests requests for access to building a road along the edges of the wetlands. In addition to this, the author also draws a comparison between the neighboring Eastern Carpenteria and West Lansburg taking into account how the decline caused in its sea otter population since the repeal of its sanctuary status and how it would likewise affect the West Lansburg sanctuary by building the road along the edge of wetlands. In this era of 'Go-Green', a first look at the argument seems convincing to aver the permission to build the road must not be granted. However, as we dig deep into the topic, we discover that the argument is based on listless evidence and lacks point to put forth its claim.
Firstly, the date of the article has not been mentioned, and also the author is anonymous. Along with that, the credibility of the West Lansburg Newspaper is also lacking. The reason why the above stats are essential is that the argument is referring to a huge span of time ranging from 1978 to 2004 and a few more years which is approximately around 25 to 30 years. As a result, the above information is necessary to process the claim further.
Furthermore, the author drawing parallels with the neighboring sanctuary of Eastern Carpenteria is quite absurd. The decline of the sea otter population in the neighboring Eastern Carpenteria having a 'similar' sanctuary has been stated as the reason. How does the decline in the sea otter population relate to the decline in the number of tufted groundhogs? Also, the word 'similar' doesn't mean an 'exact' replica of the West Lansburg sanctuary. Thus, the argument is relying on correlations and not concrete facts.
Moreover, the author does not provide any pieces of evidence to the decline in the number of groundhogs nor that of the sea otter. The reduction of sea otters and repealing of the sanctuary status in 1978 might also turn out to be coincident. As a result, the author cannot draw conclusions based on just comparisons.
Finally, the reason behind the construction of the road along the edge of the wetlands is absent. The author must have mentioned the reason behind the construction of the roads to bolster his claim of denying permission. On the contrary, the road can also turn out to be useful in maintaining the wetlands, for regular cleaning and monitoring purpose, etc. Thus due to the overstated flaws, the argument seems to be ill-founded. However had the author mentioned the above statistics and points, then the argument would have been infallible. But as of now, the authenticity of the argument falls flat due to the insufficiency of the data provided.
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Comments
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: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 21 15
No. of Words: 466 350
No. of Characters: 2228 1500
No. of Different Words: 211 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.646 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.781 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.659 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 155 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 115 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 83 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 53 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 22.19 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.518 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.762 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.328 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.484 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.09 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 612, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'averring'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'convince' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: averring
...t look at the argument seems convincing to aver the permission to build the road must n...
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Line 5, column 381, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...fted groundhogs? Also, the word similar doesnt mean an exact replica of the West Lansb...
^^^^^^
Line 5, column 396, Rule ID: EXACT_REPLICA[1]
Message: Use simply 'replica'
Suggestion: replica
...? Also, the word similar doesnt mean an exact replica of the West Lansburg sanctuary. Thus, t...
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Line 8, column 429, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
..., the argument seems to be ill-founded. However had the author mentioned the above stat...
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Line 12, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ufficiency of the data provided.
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, furthermore, however, likewise, look, moreover, so, then, thus, in addition, as a result, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.6327345309 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.9520958084 62% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 11.1786427146 98% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 13.6137724551 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 28.8173652695 45% => OK
Preposition: 75.0 55.5748502994 135% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 16.3942115768 110% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2293.0 2260.96107784 101% => OK
No of words: 465.0 441.139720559 105% => OK
Chars per words: 4.9311827957 5.12650576532 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.64369019777 4.56307096286 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74635865038 2.78398813304 99% => OK
Unique words: 218.0 204.123752495 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.468817204301 0.468620217663 100% => OK
syllable_count: 694.8 705.55239521 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 4.96107784431 20% => OK
Article: 19.0 8.76447105788 217% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.22255489022 95% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 19.7664670659 111% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 22.8473053892 92% => OK
Sentence length SD: 58.2097944103 57.8364921388 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.227272727 119.503703932 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.1363636364 23.324526521 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.40909090909 5.70786347227 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.25449101796 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.20758483034 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.88822355289 116% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.67664670659 214% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.123462356157 0.218282227539 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0337202270076 0.0743258471296 45% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0513431872803 0.0701772020484 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0679817074943 0.128457276422 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0406159461684 0.0628817314937 65% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 14.3799401198 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 48.3550499002 121% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.197005988 84% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.31 12.5979740519 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.18 8.32208582834 98% => OK
difficult_words: 103.0 98.500998004 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.0 12.3882235529 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.1389221557 93% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => 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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