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.
In the given passage, it is claimed that disasters from Crust copper company (ccc) can be prevented if consumers refuse to buy products that are made with ccc’s copper unless the company abandons its mining plan. In the argument, the author not only draws a conclusion based on vague and ambiguous terms but also uses data from a limited sample to sweeping generalization all mining plans. Furthermore, the author makes mistakes of focusing solely on ccc as the only factor of disasters.
To begin, the author needs to provide additional data regarding whether mining copper operations in ccc one and most agent of the contamination and engender to collapse animal species. Perhaps, another factor pollute the air and the water which supply animals need. Such a different plant cause pollution more than ccc’s mining operation. if the contamination result from another plant, the author’s argument would be definetly weakened.
Second of all, the author must demonstrade data regarding polution history at least throughout twenty years, between twenty years ago and now. it is possible to area has faced significant pollution during the period. For this reason the author must enhance his argument.
Finally, if the assumption is true, is it possible to refuse purchase product made of ccc’s copper. it is possible to we should buy electronic devices which are made with copper and ccc could be only one copper supplier for this industry. if these scenario have merits, then conclusion drawn in the original argument I significantly weakened.
In conclusion, the argument as it stands now, is considerable flawed due to its relience on several unwarranted assumptions. if the author is able to address these presumptions and conduct further research, then it will be possible to fully evaluate the argument.
- 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 in 45
- The following appeared in a newsletter distributed at a recent political rally Over the past year the Consolidated Copper Company CCC has purchased over one million square miles of land in the tropical nation of West Fredonia Mining copper on this land wi 50
Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 2.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 10 15
No. of Words: 291 350
No. of Characters: 1482 1500
No. of Different Words: 166 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.13 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.093 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.68 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 119 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 83 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 60 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 31 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 29.1 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 13.671 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.8 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.411 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.711 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.104 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 340, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...ution more than ccc’s mining operation. if the contamination result from another p...
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Line 7, column 144, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
...ears, between twenty years ago and now. it is possible to area has faced significa...
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Line 10, column 101, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
... purchase product made of ccc’s copper. it is possible to we should buy electronic...
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Line 10, column 240, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
... one copper supplier for this industry. if these scenario have merits, then conclu...
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Line 10, column 243, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this scenario' or 'these scenarios'?
Suggestion: this scenario; these scenarios
...e copper supplier for this industry. if these scenario have merits, then conclusion drawn in t...
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Line 13, column 15, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...nificantly weakened. In conclusion, the argument as it stands now, is consid...
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Line 13, column 127, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...nce on several unwarranted assumptions. if the author is able to address these pre...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, furthermore, if, regarding, second, so, then, at least, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 19.6327345309 66% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.9520958084 62% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 11.1786427146 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 4.0 13.6137724551 29% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 28.8173652695 59% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 55.5748502994 63% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 16.3942115768 98% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1543.0 2260.96107784 68% => OK
No of words: 291.0 441.139720559 66% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.30240549828 5.12650576532 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13022058845 4.56307096286 91% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7694481931 2.78398813304 99% => OK
Unique words: 172.0 204.123752495 84% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.591065292096 0.468620217663 126% => OK
syllable_count: 474.3 705.55239521 67% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 4.96107784431 60% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.76447105788 68% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.22255489022 118% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 19.7664670659 76% => 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: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 43.8519732231 57.8364921388 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.866666667 119.503703932 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4 23.324526521 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.93333333333 5.70786347227 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 5.25449101796 133% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.20758483034 37% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 6.88822355289 131% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.67664670659 64% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.140438983328 0.218282227539 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0452059417469 0.0743258471296 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0537593088697 0.0701772020484 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0751100103873 0.128457276422 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0502631187893 0.0628817314937 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 14.3799401198 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.3550499002 108% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.197005988 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.46 12.5979740519 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.92 8.32208582834 107% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 98.500998004 81% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 12.3882235529 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.9071856287 118% => 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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