The owner of the chain of cheese stores recommended that they should discontinue stocking imported cheese and concentrate more on domestic cheese. While the recommendation might hold water, it is based on some assumptions that, if proven wrong, will seriously weaken the argument. To evaluate the argument properly, the following concerns should be addressed.
First, even though the five best-selling kinds of cheese of the newest store are domestic cheddar, what is the ratio of contribution of domestic to imported cheese in the profit? It is possible that the five best-selling kinds of cheese are domestic cheddar, yet following all the popular products are imported cheese. Concurrently, it is possible that imported cheese brings more revenue to the cheese store despite the top five products being domestic cheddar. Even if domestic cheese brings the maximum of the store's profit and imported cheese brings 'let's say' the second highest percentage of profit, deducting stocking of imported cheese will reduce the profitability of the store. If this is true, cutting off or even reducing the stock of imported cheddar will negatively impact the profitability of the store and weaken the owner's argument.
Second, the argument is based on only the newest store. One single store cannot be representative of the whole company and all its stores. It is possible that imported cheese is more popular than domestic cheese in most of the stores of the chain. Taking such a decision based on the performance report of just one store would not be wise. Rather a thorough survey should be conducted among all the stores of the chain and find out what is the contribution of imported and domestic cheese. Even if imported cheese does not bring the highest amount of profit, it cannot be cut off. If imported chees brings only an insignificant amount of profit, only discontinuing the stocking of imported cheese might be a good idea.
Third, the argument mentions a survey of Cheeses of the World magazine that its subscribers mostly prefer domestic cheese. However, it is unclear if the subscribers of the magazine are representative of the customers of the chain of cheese stores. It is possible that the subscribers of the magazine and the customers of the cheese store are completely two separate groups. While the subscribers of the magazine prefer domestic cheese, the customers of the cheese factory might prefer imported cheese. To make a business decision, the cheese store chain should conduct a survey among its customers to find their specific preferences. Otherwise discontinuing stocking imported cheese would not be a great idea.
Finally, the owner recommended that they should limit inventory to reduce expenses. However, it is unclear if the company conducted and demand-supply analysis to conclude this way. It is possible that limiting inventory all of a sudden would imbalance the demand-supply relationship. The store might fail to meet the customers' demands since it has limited its stock. If so, it will negatively affect the profitability of the company and also weaken the owner's recommendation.
To conclude, it can be said that the recommendation of the owner might be a good one but to reach a firm conclusion, more data is required. If the owner of the store addresses and analyses the above-mentioned concerns, it will be possible to fully evaluate the recommendation.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 832, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'owners'' or 'owner's'?
Suggestion: owners'; owner's
...ofitability of the store and weaken the owners argument. Second, the argument is ba...
^^^^^^
Line 5, column 341, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Rather,
...rt of just one store would not be wise. Rather a thorough survey should be conducted a...
^^^^^^
Line 7, column 635, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Otherwise,
...ers to find their specific preferences. Otherwise discontinuing stocking imported cheese ...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 454, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'owners'' or 'owner's'?
Suggestion: owners'; owner's
...lity of the company and also weaken the owners recommendation. To conclude, it can ...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, second, so, third, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.6327345309 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 21.0 12.9520958084 162% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 11.1786427146 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 13.6137724551 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 32.0 28.8173652695 111% => OK
Preposition: 61.0 55.5748502994 110% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 16.3942115768 79% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2860.0 2260.96107784 126% => OK
No of words: 550.0 441.139720559 125% => OK
Chars per words: 5.2 5.12650576532 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.84273464058 4.56307096286 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.92490022433 2.78398813304 105% => OK
Unique words: 199.0 204.123752495 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.361818181818 0.468620217663 77% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 901.8 705.55239521 128% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 4.96107784431 242% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 8.76447105788 91% => OK
Subordination: 10.0 2.70958083832 369% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 19.7664670659 142% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.0233886867 57.8364921388 61% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.142857143 119.503703932 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6428571429 23.324526521 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.28571428571 5.70786347227 40% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.25449101796 76% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 6.88822355289 174% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.67664670659 150% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.283623216369 0.218282227539 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0982417059332 0.0743258471296 132% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0785342733728 0.0701772020484 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.15414425496 0.128457276422 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0892093465043 0.0628817314937 142% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 14.3799401198 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.3550499002 108% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.197005988 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.88 12.5979740519 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.25 8.32208582834 87% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 98.500998004 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.9071856287 109% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 832, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'owners'' or 'owner's'?
Suggestion: owners'; owner's
...ofitability of the store and weaken the owners argument. Second, the argument is ba...
^^^^^^
Line 5, column 341, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Rather,
...rt of just one store would not be wise. Rather a thorough survey should be conducted a...
^^^^^^
Line 7, column 635, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Otherwise,
...ers to find their specific preferences. Otherwise discontinuing stocking imported cheese ...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 454, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'owners'' or 'owner's'?
Suggestion: owners'; owner's
...lity of the company and also weaken the owners recommendation. To conclude, it can ...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, second, so, third, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.6327345309 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 21.0 12.9520958084 162% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 11.1786427146 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 13.6137724551 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 32.0 28.8173652695 111% => OK
Preposition: 61.0 55.5748502994 110% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 16.3942115768 79% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2860.0 2260.96107784 126% => OK
No of words: 550.0 441.139720559 125% => OK
Chars per words: 5.2 5.12650576532 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.84273464058 4.56307096286 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.92490022433 2.78398813304 105% => OK
Unique words: 199.0 204.123752495 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.361818181818 0.468620217663 77% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 901.8 705.55239521 128% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 4.96107784431 242% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 8.76447105788 91% => OK
Subordination: 10.0 2.70958083832 369% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 19.7664670659 142% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.0233886867 57.8364921388 61% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.142857143 119.503703932 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6428571429 23.324526521 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.28571428571 5.70786347227 40% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.25449101796 76% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 6.88822355289 174% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.67664670659 150% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.283623216369 0.218282227539 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0982417059332 0.0743258471296 132% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0785342733728 0.0701772020484 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.15414425496 0.128457276422 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0892093465043 0.0628817314937 142% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 14.3799401198 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.3550499002 108% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.197005988 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.88 12.5979740519 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.25 8.32208582834 87% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 98.500998004 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.9071856287 109% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.