The following is a memorandum from the business manager of a television station.
"Over the past year, our late-night news program has devoted increased time to national news and less time to weather and local news. During this period, most of the complaints received from viewers were concerned with our station's coverage of weather and local news. In addition, local businesses that used to advertise during our late-night news program have canceled their advertising contracts with us. Therefore, in order to attract more viewers to our news programs and to avoid losing any further advertising revenues, we should expand our coverage of weather and local news on all our news programs."
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.
In this argument, the author point out that we need use more time in the weather and local news due to avoid losing adversting revenues and get more viewer to the television. To support this view, the author demonstrate that they get more complaints received from viewers and lose contract with the advertise company because they change the program, which devoted increased time to national news and less time to weather and local news. Although the suggestion in the argument is so powerful to handle this situation, we need more evidence to evaulation the validity of the recommendation in the argument. we cannot decide whether the recommendation would changed the situation before we get more evidence.
To begin with, the company received some complaints from viewers are concerned with weather and local news, but we need thinking whether it is level of television caused it instead of changed the time to spend on weather and local news. this to say, we need evidence to show that whether or not the company have not enough money to prepare a wonderful television program, causing the news does not trust and people who loved the news have to send some complaints, so it is may not relative with the less time to play weather and local news, if evidence is this cases, the author's recommendation in the argument is weaken. However, if in opposite situation, the recommendation strengthen.
Moreover, in the argument, we know that advertise company cancel contract with the television company. it is equal of possibilty that does not caused by less time to play weather and local news. In other words, we also need to more evidence demonstrate that what is the purpose of the advertise company, if they just want to show their product in the break of the weather and locals news, and then the time is so little causing the viewers have no opportunity to see the advertise, so the recommendation about devoted more time to weather and local news was supported, but if they company find out the officier in the televison compay does not have such ability to give them convincing plan, so may be the reason why the advertise company cancel the contract just because the television officers and nothing about the news that are playing in the late-night. if the evidence is this case, the recoomendation is weaken.
To sum up, although we could believe that such a situation happened and may be this recommnendation is a good solution, we need more evidence to help us firgue out what is purpose of the viewer and the advertise company and get benefit for all of us.
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Comments
Essay evaluation report
Sentence: In this argument, the author point out that we need use more time in the weather and local news due to avoid losing adversting revenues and get more viewer to the television.
Error: adversting Suggestion: No alternate word
Sentence: Although the suggestion in the argument is so powerful to handle this situation, we need more evidence to evaulation the validity of the recommendation in the argument. we cannot decide whether the recommendation would changed the situation before we get more evidence.
Error: evaulation Suggestion: evaluation
Sentence: Moreover, in the argument, we know that advertise company cancel contract with the television company. it is equal of possibilty that does not caused by less time to play weather and local news.
Error: news Suggestion: No alternate word
Error: possibilty Suggestion: possibility
Sentence: In other words, we also need to more evidence demonstrate that what is the purpose of the advertise company, if they just want to show their product in the break of the weather and locals news, and then the time is so little causing the viewers have no opportunity to see the advertise, so the recommendation about devoted more time to weather and local news was supported, but if they company find out the officier in the televison compay does not have such ability to give them convincing plan, so
Error: televison Suggestion: television
Error: officier Suggestion: officer
Error: compay Suggestion: company
Sentence: may be the reason why the advertise company cancel the contract just because the television officers and nothing about the news that are playing in the late-night. if the evidence is this case, the recoomendation is weaken.
Error: recoomendation Suggestion: recommendation
Sentence: To sum up, although we could believe that such a situation happened and may be this recommnendation is a good solution, we need more evidence to help us firgue out what is purpose of the viewer and the advertise company and get benefit for all of us.
Error: firgue Suggestion: fire
Error: recommnendation Suggestion: recommendation
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flaws:
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 9 2
No. of Sentences: 10 15
No. of Words: 442 350
No. of Characters: 2088 1500
No. of Different Words: 165 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.585 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.724 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.626 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 140 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 117 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 72 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 40 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 44.2 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 25.274 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.8 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.495 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.67 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.252 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 296, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...ved from viewers and lose contract with the advertise company because they change the program...
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Line 1, column 607, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: We
... of the recommendation in the argument. we cannot decide whether the recommendatio...
^^
Line 1, column 657, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'would' requires the base form of the verb: 'change'
Suggestion: change
...decide whether the recommendation would changed the situation before we get more eviden...
^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 237, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: This
...ime to spend on weather and local news. this to say, we need evidence to show that w...
^^^^
Line 2, column 280, Rule ID: WHETHER[7]
Message: Perhaps you can shorten this phrase to just 'whether'. It is correct though if you mean 'regardless of whether'.
Suggestion: whether
...s to say, we need evidence to show that whether or not the company have not enough money to pr...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 572, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...al news, if evidence is this cases, the authors recommendation in the argument is weake...
^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 614, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'weakened'.
Suggestion: weakened
...thors recommendation in the argument is weaken. However, if in opposite situation, the...
^^^^^^
Line 3, column 103, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
...l contract with the television company. it is equal of possibilty that does not ca...
^^
Line 3, column 281, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...demonstrate that what is the purpose of the advertise company, if they just want to show thei...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 467, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
... the viewers have no opportunity to see the advertise, so the recommendation about devoted mo...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 717, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...nvincing plan, so may be the reason why the advertise company cancel the contract just becaus...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 859, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...ews that are playing in the late-night. if the evidence is this case, the recoomen...
^^
Line 3, column 911, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'weakened'.
Suggestion: weakened
...nce is this case, the recoomendation is weaken. To sum up, although we could believe ...
^^^^^^
Line 4, column 199, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...e out what is purpose of the viewer and the advertise company and get benefit for all of us. ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, moreover, so, then, in other words, to begin with, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.6327345309 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.9520958084 93% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 11.1786427146 179% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 13.6137724551 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 37.0 28.8173652695 128% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 58.0 55.5748502994 104% => OK
Nominalization: 26.0 16.3942115768 159% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2129.0 2260.96107784 94% => OK
No of words: 442.0 441.139720559 100% => OK
Chars per words: 4.81674208145 5.12650576532 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.58517132086 4.56307096286 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68727332649 2.78398813304 97% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 204.123752495 86% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.39592760181 0.468620217663 84% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 677.7 705.55239521 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 4.96107784431 161% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.76447105788 68% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 2.70958083832 221% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.67365269461 179% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.22255489022 142% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 19.7664670659 61% => 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: 36.0 22.8473053892 158% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 164.590970287 57.8364921388 285% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 177.416666667 119.503703932 148% => OK
Words per sentence: 36.8333333333 23.324526521 158% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.41666666667 5.70786347227 130% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 5.15768463074 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 14.0 5.25449101796 266% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.20758483034 73% => OK
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: 0.301263795086 0.218282227539 138% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.131947437085 0.0743258471296 178% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.12434169836 0.0701772020484 177% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.195733229257 0.128457276422 152% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.108421667749 0.0628817314937 172% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.7 14.3799401198 137% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.4 48.3550499002 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.2 12.197005988 133% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.27 12.5979740519 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.92 8.32208582834 95% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 98.500998004 71% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 18.0 12.3882235529 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 16.4 11.1389221557 147% => OK
text_standard: 20.0 11.9071856287 168% => 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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