Prompt: "The following is a memorandum from the business manager of a television station. 'Over the past year, our late-night news program has devoted increased time to national news and less time to weather and local news. During this period, most of the complaints received from viewers were concerned with our station's coverage of weather and local news. In addition, local businesses that used to advertise during our late-night news program have canceled their advertising contracts with us. Therefore, in order to attract more viewers to our news programs and to avoid losing any further advertising revenues, we should expand our coverage of weather and local news on all our news programs.' 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.”
The business manager argues that due to the increased time devoted to national news than the weather and local news, the local businesses that used to advertise during late-night news program have canceled their advertising contracts with the television station. The argument reveals several instances of poor reasoning and assumptions. To justify this the business manager states that most complaints received from viewers were concerned with the station's coverage of weather and local news. however, careful scrutiny of the evidence reveals that it provides little credible support for the manager's conclusion. hence, the argument can be considered unsubstantial.
First of all, the argument readily states that that most of the complaints received from viewers were concerned with our station's coverage of weather and local news. this merely mentioned as evidence without much solid ground. For example, it is not explicitly mentioned that the complaints were regarding the less time allotted for the weather and local news, it might have been regarding the quality of the weather and local news. hence the argument would be more convincing if it explicitly stated what the complaints of the viewers were regarding.
The argument readily claims that the local businesses that used to advertise during the late-night programs have canceled their advertising contracts due to the decreased time for weather and local news. this again is a weak and unsupported claim as it does not demonstrate any clear correlation between the cancel of advertising contracts and the weather and local news. For example, they would have canceled the contract due to many other reasons that the manager has not shed light on. what if they got better stations to advertise on? what if they received better contracts? or what if they had any internal issues with the station's administration? if the argument had provided evidence that the local businesses that used to advertise had canceled their contract due to the less time allotted for weather and local news then it would be a lot more convincing for the reader.
hence the author states that, in order to attract more viewers to our news programs and to avoid losing any further advertising revenues, we should expand our coverage of weather and local news on all our news programs. however, careful scrutiny of the evidence reveals that it provides little support for the manager's conclusion in several critical aspects and raises several skeptical questions. For example, what aspect of the weather and local news were the complaints of the viewer regarding? what if the quality of the overall news of the station was not satisfactory for the local businesses advertising? what if the local businesses found a more affordable and a better station for advertising? without convincing answers to these questions, the reader is left with the impression that the statement made by the manager was more of a wishful thinking rather than substantive evidence,
In conclusion, the argument is far from forceful enough to persuade the reader that expanded coverage of weather and local news in their new programs would attract more viewers and avoid further loss in advertising revenues. Before any final descions are made, much work is left for the manager to do to make the argument more logical and cogent.
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Comments
Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.5 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 12 15
No. of Words: 538 350
No. of Characters: 2767 1500
No. of Different Words: 184 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.816 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.143 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.612 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 209 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 178 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 119 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 68 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 44.833 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 24.718 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.583 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.477 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.681 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.202 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 449, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'stations'' or 'station's'?
Suggestion: stations'; station's
...ed from viewers were concerned with the stations coverage of weather and local news. how...
^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 494, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: However
...ons coverage of weather and local news. however, careful scrutiny of the evidence revea...
^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 593, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'managers'' or 'manager's'?
Suggestion: managers'; manager's
...rovides little credible support for the managers conclusion. hence, the argument can be ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 614, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Hence
...le support for the managers conclusion. hence, the argument can be considered unsubst...
^^^^^
Line 3, column 167, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: This
...ons coverage of weather and local news. this merely mentioned as evidence without mu...
^^^^
Line 3, column 434, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Hence
... quality of the weather and local news. hence the argument would be more convincing i...
^^^^^
Line 3, column 434, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: hence,
... quality of the weather and local news. hence the argument would be more convincing i...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 205, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: This
...reased time for weather and local news. this again is a weak and unsupported claim a...
^^^^
Line 5, column 305, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...monstrate any clear correlation between the cancel of advertising contracts and the weathe...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 540, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: What
...ey got better stations to advertise on? what if they received better contracts? or w...
^^^^
Line 5, column 580, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Or
...what if they received better contracts? or what if they had any internal issues wi...
^^
Line 5, column 629, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'stations'' or 'station's'?
Suggestion: stations'; station's
...f they had any internal issues with the stations administration? if the argument had pro...
^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 654, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...ssues with the stations administration? if the argument had provided evidence tha...
^^
Line 5, column 691, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...n? if the argument had provided evidence that the local businesses that used to a...
^^
Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Hence
...lot more convincing for the reader. hence the author states that, in order to att...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: hence,
...lot more convincing for the reader. hence the author states that, in order to att...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 221, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: However
...nd local news on all our news programs. however, careful scrutiny of the evidence revea...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 311, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'managers'' or 'manager's'?
Suggestion: managers'; manager's
...that it provides little support for the managers conclusion in several critical aspects ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 499, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: What
...the complaints of the viewer regarding? what if the quality of the overall news of t...
^^^^
Line 7, column 613, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: What
...y for the local businesses advertising? what if the local businesses found a more af...
^^^^
Line 7, column 704, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Without
...e and a better station for advertising? without convincing answers to these questions, ...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, hence, however, if, regarding, so, then, for example, in conclusion, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.6327345309 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.9520958084 54% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 11.1786427146 179% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 13.6137724551 118% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 28.8173652695 139% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 61.0 55.5748502994 110% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 16.3942115768 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2818.0 2260.96107784 125% => OK
No of words: 538.0 441.139720559 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.23791821561 5.12650576532 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.81610080973 4.56307096286 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66168926909 2.78398813304 96% => OK
Unique words: 199.0 204.123752495 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.369888475836 0.468620217663 79% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 866.7 705.55239521 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.96107784431 121% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.76447105788 91% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.22255489022 118% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 19.7664670659 116% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 22.8473053892 101% => OK
Sentence length SD: 84.5743484508 57.8364921388 146% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.52173913 119.503703932 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.3913043478 23.324526521 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.82608695652 5.70786347227 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 21.0 5.25449101796 400% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.20758483034 73% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 14.0 6.88822355289 203% => 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: 0.340357798533 0.218282227539 156% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.113010221471 0.0743258471296 152% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.117910788553 0.0701772020484 168% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.230358213144 0.128457276422 179% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0938249432254 0.0628817314937 149% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 14.3799401198 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.3550499002 100% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.197005988 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.41 12.5979740519 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.68 8.32208582834 92% => OK
difficult_words: 99.0 98.500998004 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.1389221557 101% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => 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.