"Two years ago, the 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 businesses have opened there, and Ocean View's tax revenues have risen by 30 percent. The best way to improve Hopewell's economy, and generate additional tax revenues, is to build a golf course and resort hotel similar to those in Ocean View."
The author concludes that the best way to improve Hopewell’s economy, and generate additional tax revenue, is to build a golf course and resort similar to those in Ocean view. The author’s conclusion is based on the following assumptions. First, as a result of new municipal golf course in the town of ocean view, tourism has increased. Secondly, new business has opened there, and thirdly, Ocean View’s tax revenues have risen by 30%. However, these assumptions are fallacious because there is no evidence to prove that the same development in Ocean View can or needs to happen in Hopewell.
First, the author alludes Ocean View’s increased tourism to the newly built municipal golf course, but there is no evidence to support this assumption. It is likely that there are other tourist attractions in Ocean View, hence the increased tourism. Also, the author fails to supply information on the percentage of tourism prior to the new golf course. Moreover, it is likely that new businesses opened in the town due to a new low tax cut or incentive. Therefore, a new golf course in Hopewell is unlikely to attract new business if taxes are high.
Furthermore, the author’s assumption that a new golf course will improve Hopewell’s economy and generate additional tax revenue for Hopewell is flawed due to lack of evidence. There is no evidence that Ocean View’s 30% increase in tax revenue is a result of tourism, neither is there a concrete information on how these revenues are generated.
Finally, implementing the author’s recommendation is likely to lead to economic loss for Hopewell. The author fails to show the similarities between the town of Ocean View and Hopewell. There is lack of information on the economy of these two towns. Even if Hopewell needs to improve its economy, it is unclear to the reader if a new municipal golf course is right investment. There is no concrete evidence to show that both towns have the same resources, or that residents have the similar recreational sport interest. It is unstated if the residents of Hopewell have interest in golf. Also, the author fails to state if Hopewell is a tourist town or conducive for the type of businesses that opened in Ocean View.
In conclusion, the author’s assumption that the best way to improve Hopewell’s economy, and generate additional tax revenue, is to build a golf course and resort similar to those in Ocean view is unwarranted. Also, the is no statistics to prove that tourist are going to flood the town because of the golf course. It cannot be considered because there is no concrete evidence to support the author’s assumption.
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- The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of Hopewell."Two years ago, the 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 businesses have opened t 66
- Two years ago the 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 businesses have opened there and Ocean View s tax revenues have risen by 30 percent The best way to i 64
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- As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoni 50
- As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoni 58
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, therefore, third, thirdly, well, in conclusion, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.6327345309 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 12.9520958084 23% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 11.1786427146 107% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 13.6137724551 81% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 28.8173652695 80% => OK
Preposition: 54.0 55.5748502994 97% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 16.3942115768 98% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2246.0 2260.96107784 99% => OK
No of words: 442.0 441.139720559 100% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0814479638 5.12650576532 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.58517132086 4.56307096286 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.01026410363 2.78398813304 108% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 204.123752495 79% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.366515837104 0.468620217663 78% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 729.0 705.55239521 103% => 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
Interrogative: 0.0 0.471057884232 0% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.76447105788 114% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.67365269461 299% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 19.7664670659 111% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.951795892 57.8364921388 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.090909091 119.503703932 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0909090909 23.324526521 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.86363636364 5.70786347227 120% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.25449101796 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 8.20758483034 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.88822355289 116% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.67664670659 43% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.496783134832 0.218282227539 228% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.17179032242 0.0743258471296 231% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.122879446082 0.0701772020484 175% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.331973255031 0.128457276422 258% => Maybe some contents are duplicated.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.115689376574 0.0628817314937 184% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 14.3799401198 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.3550499002 106% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.197005988 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.5979740519 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.41 8.32208582834 89% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 98.500998004 79% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.9071856287 109% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 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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