The following argument was made in a newspaper editorial:
“The autonomy of any country is based on the strength of its border; if the number of illegal immigrants entering a country cannot be checked, both its economy and national identity are endangered. Because illegal immigrants pose such threats, every effort must be made to return them to their country of origin.”
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 above argument, the author links illegal immigrants to the autonomy of a country. He claims that the threats posed by these immigrants affect the national identity and economy of a country. He also believes that the autonomy of a country directly depends on the strength of its borders and any breach by illegal immigrants is a direct reflection on its weakness. He goes on to conclude that such a country can be protected only by ensuring that every effort is taken to return these illegal immigrants to their country of origin. The author has made a number of assumptions to support his argument, rather than basing it on actual facts or data.
Strength of the borders of any country doesn't directly reflect its autonomy. This is one of the many wrong assumptions the author has made. Autonomy of a country depends on various factors. A country's entire army doesn't serve at its borders and thus there are other factors which determine its military strength. The full strength of a country's military force and not just the ones stationed in the borders,rather determines it's autonomy. Other factors such as the country's diplomacy and political presence in the international stage, its history of maintaining autonomy and independence, its sovereignity and distribution of power, would directly affect its autonomy rather than the strenght of its borders.
Another assumption which the author makes is that, all immigrants who illegally cross borders pose threats to the nation. He believes that these immigrants affect the nation's economy and identity. This is not true on a number of levels. He assumes these immigrants can only bring doom and affect people. He fails to consider other possibilities, where these immigrants could be just refugees who are running away from the undesirable conditions back home. He doesn't seem to consider the fact that such immigrantst seeking refuge and help, would only be grateful to their host country. In fact they might even do their best to give back their all, and help build the economy of the country which has given them a second oppurtinity in life. Thus the author's assumption that illegal immigrants can only endanger nation is one filled with prejudice.
The author make other claims like the danger faced by a country's national identity as a result of illegal immigrants entering their country. However a nation's identity is something which has been built by a number of factors for thousands of years. A nation's identity is what its million citizens, its rich culture and heritage, everlasting history and tradition give to it. A nation's identity is not something which can be damaged in a short time by a fractional number of outsiders as the author claims.
Factual data and statistics proving the negative effects of immigrants could have been provided by the author to support is argument. The author rather bases his claims on assumptions and prejudice. He has failed to substantiate on key points and his logic is not convincing. In short, his argument is not cogent and he has failed to provide relevant evidence to strengthen his stance.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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...is a direct reflection on its weakness. He goes on to conclude that such a country...
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Message: Use simply 'facts'.
Suggestion: facts
... his argument, rather than basing it on actual facts or data. Strength of the borders of...
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Suggestion: doesn't
... Strength of the borders of any country doesnt directly reflect its autonomy. This is ...
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Suggestion: doesn't
...various factors. A countrys entire army doesnt serve at its borders and thus there are...
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Suggestion: , rather
...t just the ones stationed in the borders,rather determines its autonomy. Other factors...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...the ones stationed in the borders,rather determines its autonomy. Other factors s...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'nations'' or 'nation's'?
Suggestion: nations'; nation's
...lieves that these immigrants affect the nations economy and identity. This is not true ...
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...m the undesirable conditions back home. He doesnt seem to consider the fact that s...
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Suggestion: doesn't
...he undesirable conditions back home. He doesnt seem to consider the fact that such imm...
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Suggestion: Thus,
...iven them a second oppurtinity in life. Thus the authors assumption that illegal imm...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
... a second oppurtinity in life. Thus the authors assumption that illegal immigrants can ...
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Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'makes'.
Suggestion: makes
...one filled with prejudice. The author make other claims like the danger faced by a...
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Suggestion: However,
...egal immigrants entering their country. However a nations identity is something which h...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'nations'' or 'nation's'?
Suggestion: nations'; nation's
...rants entering their country. However a nations identity is something which has been bu...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'nations'' or 'nation's'?
Suggestion: nations'; nation's
...er of factors for thousands of years. A nations identity is what its million citizens, ...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'nations'' or 'nation's'?
Suggestion: nations'; nation's
...ing history and tradition give to it. A nations identity is not something which can be ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, second, so, then, thus, in fact, in short, such as, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.6327345309 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.9520958084 69% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 11.1786427146 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 13.6137724551 118% => OK
Pronoun: 50.0 28.8173652695 174% => OK
Preposition: 63.0 55.5748502994 113% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 16.3942115768 73% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2601.0 2260.96107784 115% => OK
No of words: 516.0 441.139720559 117% => OK
Chars per words: 5.04069767442 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.76609204519 4.56307096286 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73044546951 2.78398813304 98% => OK
Unique words: 226.0 204.123752495 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.437984496124 0.468620217663 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 815.4 705.55239521 116% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 4.96107784431 282% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Interrogative: 1.0 0.471057884232 212% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.76447105788 91% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.70958083832 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 19.7664670659 137% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 46.2035218582 57.8364921388 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.3333333333 119.503703932 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.1111111111 23.324526521 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.22222222222 5.70786347227 56% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 16.0 5.25449101796 305% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 15.0 6.88822355289 218% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.387074870252 0.218282227539 177% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.11044967654 0.0743258471296 149% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0747456359043 0.0701772020484 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.224147067435 0.128457276422 174% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.114121450386 0.0628817314937 181% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 14.3799401198 83% => 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: 11.95 12.5979740519 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.85 8.32208582834 94% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 98.500998004 109% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => 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 -- 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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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.