The following appeared in a health magazine published in Corpora.
"Medical experts say that only one-quarter of Corpora's citizens meet the current standards for adequate physical fitness, even though twenty years ago, one-half of all of Corpora's citizens met the standards as then defined. But these experts are mistaken when they suggest that spending too much time using computers has caused a decline in fitness. Since overall fitness levels are highest in regions of Corpora where levels of computer ownership are also highest, it is clear that using computers has not made citizens less physically fit. Instead, as shown by this year's unusually low expenditures on fitness-related products and services, the recent decline in the economy is most likely the cause, and fitness levels will improve when the economy does."
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.
The argument attempts to draw a conclusion based on some incipient information which states medical experts claim and some other data but does not provide any solid ground to justify those claims. The argument finally concludes that the physical fitness is most likely labile to the economic condition which is not a sound logic as there are many questions unanswered regarding to the situation.
The author claims that 20 years ago one half of the citizen met the physical fitness standard whereas at present index has plummeted to one fourth. The evidence seems to be weak as the author failed to describe the basis of that standard as there can be some situations where we can not apply those. For example, there can be a huge industrialization in recent years in Carpora which caused a massive influx of people in the city from nearby villages & thus invalidating the standard which was appropriate for local people.
Again, the claim by the medical experts claim about computer & decline in fitness is not substantiated by any survey, lab experiments and that is why there remain a question regarding the viability of their claim. So the assumption of using excessive computer is exacerbating the condition is seriously undermined. To strengthen the argument, the author would benefit from implementing an experiment on some citizen who uses computer and do some comprehensive test on their physical fitness while using computer.
Additionally, the statement asserts that the fitness in the other part of the city is higher is also an incomplete information because it does not clarify the demographic & geographic condition of that part which can be a residential area with a lot of park and open space for the people to exercise whereas the stated low fitness area is encumbered with a lot of slums. So a residential area can have a lot of computer owner but only that cause does not justify the reason of having a better physical fitness. So, that shortage of information obviously undermines the assumption.
Likewise, the author is optimistic regarding the influence of economic condition & larger budget allotment for fitness products which will eventually result in better fitness but again fails to provide any specific situation of the present economic condition. There are not enough information to categorize that fitness level is proportional to the expenditure as the officials involved can be corrupted and thus it will not bring any good in that case without costing states money.
To conclude, the argument lacks information and seen to present inchoate assumption. The solution proposed by the author seems tenuous due to lack of supporting evidences. The author must have given more concrete information to substantiate his claim to make the argument more cogent.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 1, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...answered regarding to the situation. The author claims that 20 years ago one hal...
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Line 3, column 149, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...sent index has plummeted to one fourth. The evidence seems to be weak as the author...
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Line 7, column 245, Rule ID: A_LOT_OF_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun park seems to be countable; consider using: 'a lot of parks'.
Suggestion: a lot of parks
...rt which can be a residential area with a lot of park and open space for the people to exerci...
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Line 7, column 512, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[4]
Message: “So , that” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...on of having a better physical fitness. So, that shortage of information obviously under...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'finally', 'if', 'likewise', 'regarding', 'so', 'then', 'thus', 'whereas', 'while', 'for example']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.245833333333 0.25644967241 96% => OK
Verbs: 0.172916666667 0.15541462614 111% => OK
Adjectives: 0.1 0.0836205057962 120% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0479166666667 0.0520304965353 92% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0125 0.0272364105082 46% => OK
Prepositions: 0.108333333333 0.125424944231 86% => OK
Participles: 0.04375 0.0416121511921 105% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.87356358057 2.79052419416 103% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0354166666667 0.026700313972 133% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.001811407834 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.141666666667 0.113004496875 125% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0208333333333 0.0255425247493 82% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.01875 0.0127820249294 147% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2799.0 2731.13054187 102% => OK
No of words: 456.0 446.07635468 102% => OK
Chars per words: 6.13815789474 6.12365571057 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.62105577807 4.57801047555 101% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.383771929825 0.378187486979 101% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.30701754386 0.287650121315 107% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.219298245614 0.208842608468 105% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.144736842105 0.135150697306 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.87356358057 2.79052419416 103% => OK
Unique words: 225.0 207.018472906 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.493421052632 0.469332199767 105% => OK
Word variations: 56.0708371758 52.1807786196 107% => OK
How many sentences: 16.0 20.039408867 80% => OK
Sentence length: 28.5 23.2022227129 123% => OK
Sentence length SD: 75.7260430351 57.7814097925 131% => OK
Chars per sentence: 174.9375 141.986410481 123% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.5 23.2022227129 123% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.75 0.724660767414 103% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.14285714286 117% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 3.58251231527 112% => OK
Readability: 59.201754386 51.9672348444 114% => OK
Elegance: 1.70535714286 1.8405768891 93% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.300942359288 0.441005458295 68% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.130332646035 0.135418324435 96% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0558850529802 0.0829849096947 67% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.6713590752 0.58762219726 114% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.0913670975406 0.147661913831 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.143805450266 0.193483328276 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0707223581866 0.0970749176394 73% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.357629573715 0.42659136922 84% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0568088515632 0.0774707102158 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.196236014385 0.312017818177 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.073853316531 0.0698173142475 106% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.33743842365 84% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.87684729064 116% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.82512315271 21% => More neutral sentences wanted.
Positive topic words: 6.0 6.46551724138 93% => OK
Negative topic words: 6.0 5.36822660099 112% => OK
Neutral topic words: 1.0 2.82389162562 35% => OK
Total topic words: 13.0 14.657635468 89% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6 -- The score is based on the average performance of 20,000 argument essays. This e-grader is not smart enough to check on arguments.
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