The following appeared as an opinion-editorial in a local newspaper:
In the last 10 years, the number of patrons to the local library has decreased by a factor of 5, while during that time the number of purchases of electronic books has increased by a factor of 10. The director of the library believes that the cause of the decrease in patrons is due to the library not advertising as effectively as do online merchants that sell electronic books. Therefore, the library should double the amount of money that it spends on advertising, so that more patrons will frequent the library.
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered to help evaluate the recommendation, and whether the argument is reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions help to determine the extent to which the recommendation is justified.
Library has always been and will remain an apt place to study, read and gain knowledge from books. Thus a good library should have a vast variety of books and good and serene atmosphere to help a person concentrate on what they are doing. I feel that the recommendation that the library should increase the amount of money it spends on advertising to increase the patrons frequenting the library is not fully justified.
In order to evaluate this one should ask whether the library has sufficient books for its patrons. A person will always prefer a library which has a wide variety of books. A library should cover most types of books from fictional to reference, from magazines, newspapers to comics. Whatever the mood of a person is, the library should have a book to cater to its patrons need. If a library does not fulfil the need of different books available at one place, under one roof, its patrons are bound to search for alternative measures. With the upcoming electronic books, where a person can get any type of book he/she want sitting at his home, they would prefer the electronic book over going to the library. This special book makes a wide range of books available with just one touch. But some people do prefer the reading from a physical book.
Another important question one must ask about the library is whether it has suitable environment fit for reading and studying. A library should have a clean and airy atmosphere, large windows, proper lighting and should be in a noise free area. Greenery around the place would also be a plus point but need not be necessary. It should possibly have rooms where students or people can discuss on certain issues without disturbing the others. There should be a helping librarian, who knows where the various books are kept. Not only this, but the books should be kept in good condition and arranged properly on the shelves according to the type of book. Whereas in an electronic book, all these are not required. It is a device similar to a mobile, it can be taken anywhere and books can be read at any time, be it day or night. They have light adjusting options which make it suitable for reading.
In all, I would suggest that rather than spending money on advertising, the library should ask these question and try to overcome issues of the patrons. The library should see what facilities the electronic book is providing and try to incorporate some of them if possible.
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- The following appeared as an opinion-editorial in a local newspaper:In the last 10 years, the number of patrons to the local library has decreased by a factor of 5, while during that time the number of purchases of electronic books has increased by a fact 50
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...dy, read and gain knowledge from books. Thus a good library should have a vast varie...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... books from fictional to reference, from magazines, newspapers to comics. Whateve...
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Message: The pronoun 'she' must be used with a third-person verb: 'wants'.
Suggestion: wants
... person can get any type of book he/she want sitting at his home, they would prefer ...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'if', 'so', 'thus', 'whereas', 'i feel']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.220556745182 0.25644967241 86% => OK
Verbs: 0.175588865096 0.15541462614 113% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0792291220557 0.0836205057962 95% => OK
Adverbs: 0.03426124197 0.0520304965353 66% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0364025695931 0.0272364105082 134% => Less pronouns wanted. Try not to use 'you, I, they, he...' as the subject of a sentence
Prepositions: 0.10278372591 0.125424944231 82% => OK
Participles: 0.0406852248394 0.0416121511921 98% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.48831227238 2.79052419416 89% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0299785867238 0.026700313972 112% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.001811407834 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.122055674518 0.113004496875 108% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0492505353319 0.0255425247493 193% => Less modal verbs wanted (like 'must , shall , will , should , would , can , could , may , and might').
WH_determiners: 0.017130620985 0.0127820249294 134% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2444.0 2731.13054187 89% => OK
No of words: 428.0 446.07635468 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.71028037383 6.12365571057 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.548423998 4.57801047555 99% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.334112149533 0.378187486979 88% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.231308411215 0.287650121315 80% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.142523364486 0.208842608468 68% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.0864485981308 0.135150697306 64% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.48831227238 2.79052419416 89% => OK
Unique words: 208.0 207.018472906 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.485981308411 0.469332199767 104% => OK
Word variations: 53.8509915548 52.1807786196 103% => OK
How many sentences: 22.0 20.039408867 110% => OK
Sentence length: 19.4545454545 23.2022227129 84% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.5203257888 57.7814097925 60% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.090909091 141.986410481 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4545454545 23.2022227129 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.318181818182 0.724660767414 44% => More Discourse Markers wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 5.14285714286 78% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 3.58251231527 84% => OK
Readability: 42.585386576 51.9672348444 82% => OK
Elegance: 1.47826086957 1.8405768891 80% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.389109254111 0.441005458295 88% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.102787314208 0.135418324435 76% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0604202328915 0.0829849096947 73% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.46899434877 0.58762219726 80% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.147967860242 0.147661913831 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.148489185246 0.193483328276 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.101821297538 0.0970749176394 105% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.35378150591 0.42659136922 83% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0442257314198 0.0774707102158 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.302951633889 0.312017818177 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.058171134885 0.0698173142475 83% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.33743842365 120% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 6.87684729064 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.82512315271 249% => Less neutral sentences wanted.
Positive topic words: 8.0 6.46551724138 124% => OK
Negative topic words: 0.0 5.36822660099 0% => More negative topic words wanted.
Neutral topic words: 10.0 2.82389162562 354% => OK
Total topic words: 18.0 14.657635468 123% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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More arguments wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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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