The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a journal on environmental issues.
"Over the past year, the Crust Copper Company (CCC) has purchased over 10,000 square miles of land in the tropical nation of West Fredonia. Mining copper on this land will inevitably result in pollution and, since West Fredonia is the home of several endangered animal species, in environmental disaster. But such disasters can be prevented if consumers simply refuse to purchase products that are made with CCC's copper unless the company abandons its mining plans."
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.
Editor of journal of environmental issues stated that the Crust Copper Company has purchased over 10,000 square miles of land for mining in West Fredonia which will be used for copper minning purposes and states that it would cost a devastating effect on indigenous habitat of several endangered animal species. Editor also states that if consumer stop using such products would be feasible solution for the same but does not provide and supporting evidence for it.
Considering the that CCC have bought 10,000 square miles of land it maybe be possible that they use only part of land for minning purposes whithout arrantly disturbing the natural habitat of the region. They can use part of land in which the endangered species of animals aren't found much. Or they might have plan for shifting these animals to more better place where they can survive freely.
Secondly, editor haven't taken into consideration that this minning could lead in development of the people living in West Fredonia, as it can provide livelihood to many families of workers there. Also it is possble that CCC, use proper processes for avoiding pollution happening in area due to minning. They can use new and advanced technologies to avoid hampering nature much and maintaining balance between both the environment there and minning activites.
Thirdly, solution provided by editor cannot be considered as appropriate as it is completely ignoring the root cause and working branches on of it. Consummers not using CCC products would hinder development and growth of CCC but it doesnt ensure that the endangered species would be safe after doing so. There still lies a chance that other minning company uses the same land for same or disparate purposes in a way harming the natural habitat.
The idea of not purchasing products of CCC brand in order to avoid the foreseeable danger of losing endangered species is flawed. Editor can seek help from local environmentalist and can also know more about the project plan of CCC to avoid dangers that it might cause to West of Fredonia animals and plants. Later can come up with even more viable solution that can achieve balance between both.
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Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.5 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 5 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 9 2
No. of Sentences: 14 15
No. of Words: 362 350
No. of Characters: 1782 1500
No. of Different Words: 193 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.362 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.923 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.542 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 131 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 94 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 57 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 31 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 25.857 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.749 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.5 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.351 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.351 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.069 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 75, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'is'?
Suggestion: is
...ht 10,000 square miles of land it maybe be possible that they use only part of lan...
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Line 2, column 272, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: aren't
...which the endangered species of animals arent found much. Or they might have plan for...
^^^^^
Line 2, column 309, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Use past participle here: 'planned'.
Suggestion: planned
...ls arent found much. Or they might have plan for shifting these animals to more bett...
^^^^
Line 2, column 344, Rule ID: MOST_COMPARATIVE[2]
Message: Use only 'better' (without 'more') when you use the comparative.
Suggestion: better
...have plan for shifting these animals to more better place where they can survive freely. S...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 18, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: haven't
...y can survive freely. Secondly, editor havent taken into consideration that this minn...
^^^^^^
Line 3, column 196, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
...hood to many families of workers there. Also it is possble that CCC, use proper proc...
^^^^
Line 4, column 144, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...he root cause and working branches on of it. Consummers not using CCC products wo...
^^
Line 4, column 234, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...er development and growth of CCC but it doesnt ensure that the endangered species woul...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, may, second, secondly, so, still, third, thirdly
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 19.6327345309 41% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.9520958084 131% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 11.1786427146 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 13.6137724551 103% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 28.8173652695 94% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 55.5748502994 81% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 16.3942115768 67% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1810.0 2260.96107784 80% => OK
No of words: 360.0 441.139720559 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.02777777778 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.35587717469 4.56307096286 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.55277626647 2.78398813304 92% => OK
Unique words: 193.0 204.123752495 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.536111111111 0.468620217663 114% => OK
syllable_count: 567.0 705.55239521 80% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 4.96107784431 40% => OK
Article: 1.0 8.76447105788 11% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.70958083832 37% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 19.7664670659 71% => 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: 25.0 22.8473053892 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.1790595747 57.8364921388 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 129.285714286 119.503703932 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.7142857143 23.324526521 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.5 5.70786347227 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 5.25449101796 152% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.20758483034 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 6.88822355289 131% => 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: 0.219753139324 0.218282227539 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0716273627347 0.0743258471296 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.10584430508 0.0701772020484 151% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.120323980022 0.128457276422 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0901057233395 0.0628817314937 143% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 14.3799401198 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.3550499002 95% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.197005988 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.19 12.5979740519 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.91 8.32208582834 107% => OK
difficult_words: 92.0 98.500998004 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.5 12.3882235529 149% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.1389221557 108% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.9071856287 76% => 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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