In the memo from the mayor, it is recommended that the town of Hopewell build a golf course and a resort hotel to improve its economy. The author made this recommendation based on the premise that the town of Ocean View which has established these facilities, started to attract tourists, new business ventures and generated additional tax revenues. However, the argument that the recommendation is based on, has made the following assumptions.
First of all, the author prematurely assumed, without evidence, that the increase in the number of tourists and the new business establishments are solely due to the new golf course and resort hotel. But, it’s possible that these new businesses were opened in Ocean View because of the customer demand for a particular product that the companies are supplying. For example, if there is a dearth of oil supply in the Ocean View town, it’s possible that this demand could attract a few oil-supplying companies to establish their branch in the town and not because of the new golf course or the resort. If the above scenario has merit, the recommendation by the mayor is of little to no help to improve the economy of the city.
Secondly, the author assumed, without evidence, that whatever applied to the Ocean View city also applies to the Hopewell city. Even if the improvement of the economy is due to the newly built golf course and resort in Ocean View, the same may not be applicable to the Hopewell city. Perhaps, the tourists are attracted to Ocean View town because there might be a beach in the town and the resort could host tourists while they stayed there. But in the case of Hoperwell city, the tourists may not show interest because of the lack of tourist places there. And if a resort is built in Hopewell, it may end up gathering dust and may not provide any additional revenues. If this is true, the recommendation that Hopewell city should build a new golf course and resort, doesn’t hold water.
In conclusion, the argument as it stands now is flawed due to its reliance on a various unwarranted assumptions. And the recommendation may not be very helpful owing to the above-mentioned assumptions, if the assumptions don’t hold. Only after the relevant evidence is provided, the Hopewell town should heed to this recommendation.
- The following recommendation appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of Hopewell Two years ago the nearby town of Ocean View built a new municipal golf course and resort hotel During the past two years tourism in Ocean View has increased new bu 50
- The following recommendation appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of Hopewell Two years ago the nearby town of Ocean View built a new municipal golf course and resort hotel During the past two years tourism in Ocean View has increased new bu 60
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e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 8 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 5 2
No. of Sentences: 16 15
No. of Words: 393 350
No. of Characters: 1857 1500
No. of Different Words: 162 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.452 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.725 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.756 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 123 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 93 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 66 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 34 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 24.562 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.391 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.812 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.369 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.56 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.11 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 101, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'assumption'?
Suggestion: assumption
...o its reliance on a various unwarranted assumptions. And the recommendation may not be very...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, well, while, for example, in conclusion, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.6327345309 81% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.9520958084 77% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 11.1786427146 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 13.6137724551 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 24.0 28.8173652695 83% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 55.5748502994 86% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 16.3942115768 79% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1921.0 2260.96107784 85% => OK
No of words: 391.0 441.139720559 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.91304347826 5.12650576532 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.44676510885 4.56307096286 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84290628683 2.78398813304 102% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 204.123752495 86% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.447570332481 0.468620217663 96% => OK
syllable_count: 597.6 705.55239521 85% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.96107784431 121% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.76447105788 126% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.70958083832 185% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.67365269461 179% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.22255489022 95% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 19.7664670659 81% => 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: 24.0 22.8473053892 105% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.2354140879 57.8364921388 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.0625 119.503703932 100% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.4375 23.324526521 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.9375 5.70786347227 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 5.15768463074 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 5.25449101796 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.20758483034 85% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => 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: 0.354428715719 0.218282227539 162% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.11711545707 0.0743258471296 158% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0844968573164 0.0701772020484 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.216666014408 0.128457276422 169% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0962563863426 0.0628817314937 153% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 14.3799401198 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 48.3550499002 115% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.197005988 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.49 12.5979740519 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.98 8.32208582834 96% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 98.500998004 79% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 12.3882235529 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.1389221557 104% => 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
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