"One month ago, all the showerheads in the first three buildings of the Sunnyside Towers complex were modified to restrict maximum water flow to one-third of what it used to be. Although actual readings of water usage before and after the adjustment are not yet available, the change will obviously result in a considerable savings for Sunnyside Corporation, since the corporation must pay for water each month. Except for a few complaints about low water pressure, no problems with showers have been reported since the adjustment. I predict that modifying showerheads to restrict water flow throughout all twelve buildings in the Sunnyside Towers complex will increase our profits even more dramatically."
The argument claims that changing showerheads that reduce the water flow will increase the profit of the company. The author asserts that there is no major issue with new showerheads except a few complaints about the low water pressure along with other assumptions. It sounds reasonable at first glance, yet a closer examination of the argument reveals flawed assumptions resulting from weak or false reasoning.
To begin with, the argument claims that the change will conspicuously converse the water; therefore, it will result in a significant profit increase because the company pays the water bill for its tenants. However, the company made the conclusion even before actual readings of water usage before and after the change is reported. Because the company made an adjustment that reduces the water flow in the shower, tenants may have taken showers longer or more frequently, which would make no difference overall before and after the change. The claim that the adjustment is profitable was based on nothing but guess.
Furthermore, a few complaints don’t mean that the rest of the tenants are happy about the showerhead change. The company may not hear many complaints because the complaints procedure is so onerous that people have to spend more than half an hour. Some tenants may have thought that the change is temporary because it had been only a month. If the adjustment lasts more than a month, there will be more people to complain.
Finally, the company changed the showerheads in the first three buildings as a pilot project. Based on the stated assumption by the author, he or she says that it is reasonable to make the adjustment for all twelve buildings in the complex. I believe the author committed the mistake of making hasty generalizations. However, what if there are buildings which had chronic plumbing problems? There will be a substantial amount of complaints from the tenants in those buildings. A a large number of complaints from tenants may harm the reputation of the company, which will cause considerable losses in the long run.
In conclusion, the argument fails to provide enough evidence for the profitability of the recent adjustment on the showerheads because it primarily relies on the nonlogical and weak grounds stated above. Since the argument does not present reliable data on the actual use of water before and after the change and candid thoughts of all tenants about the adjustment, it lacks logical reasoning and evidence.
Comments
Essay evaluation report
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: 19 15
No. of Words: 407 350
No. of Characters: 2030 1500
No. of Different Words: 199 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.492 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.988 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.651 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 149 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 108 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 68 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 49 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 21.421 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.486 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.684 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.327 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.562 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.103 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 415, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...resulting from weak or false reasoning. To begin with, the argument claims that ...
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Line 3, column 619, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...fitable was based on nothing but guess. Furthermore, a few complaints don't...
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Line 5, column 169, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'complaints'' or 'complaint's'?
Suggestion: complaints'; complaint's
...ay not hear many complaints because the complaints procedure is so onerous that people hav...
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Line 5, column 431, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... there will be more people to complain. Finally, the company changed the showerh...
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Line 7, column 483, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: A
...s from the tenants in those buildings. A a large number of complaints from tenants...
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Line 7, column 483, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'An' instead of 'A' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: An
...s from the tenants in those buildings. A a large number of complaints from tenan...
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Line 7, column 483, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'A' or 'a' is left.
Suggestion: A; A
...s from the tenants in those buildings. A a large number of complaints from tenants...
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Line 7, column 485, Rule ID: LARGE_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, or simply use 'many' or 'numerous'
Suggestion: many; numerous
...from the tenants in those buildings. A a large number of complaints from tenants may harm the re...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, may, so, therefore, in conclusion, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 19.6327345309 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.9520958084 85% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 11.1786427146 98% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 13.6137724551 95% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 28.8173652695 73% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 55.5748502994 88% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 16.3942115768 104% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2088.0 2260.96107784 92% => OK
No of words: 406.0 441.139720559 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.14285714286 5.12650576532 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.48881294772 4.56307096286 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74178536333 2.78398813304 98% => OK
Unique words: 203.0 204.123752495 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5 0.468620217663 107% => OK
syllable_count: 639.9 705.55239521 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 4.96107784431 101% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.76447105788 114% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 19.7664670659 96% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 22.8473053892 92% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.0149319376 57.8364921388 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.894736842 119.503703932 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3684210526 23.324526521 92% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.0 5.70786347227 88% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 5.25449101796 152% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.20758483034 61% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 6.88822355289 145% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.67664670659 86% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.221253589892 0.218282227539 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0689917369122 0.0743258471296 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0582430508013 0.0701772020484 83% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.121173827948 0.128457276422 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0444839844689 0.0628817314937 71% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 14.3799401198 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.3550499002 104% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.197005988 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.53 12.5979740519 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.06 8.32208582834 97% => OK
difficult_words: 87.0 98.500998004 88% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 12.3882235529 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.1389221557 93% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.9071856287 118% => 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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