The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette.
"The population on Balmer Island increases to 100,000 during the summer months. To reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians, the town council of Balmer Island plans to limit the number of mopeds rented by each of the island's six moped rental companies from 50 per day to 30 per day during the summer season. Last year, the neighboring island of Torseau enforced similar limits on moped rentals and saw a 50 percent reduction in moped accidents. We predict that putting these limits into effect on Balmer Island will result in the same reduction in moped accidents."
Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.
The author presents the argument stating that by reducing the number of mopeds that can be rented in Balmer Island can reduce the number of accidents, and presents the comparison with the island of Torseau that enforced such similar limits. The author fails to prove the argument as it is infected with flaws.
The author fails to provide the link based on real evidence between reducing the number of rented mopeds in Torseau island and its effect on the accidents happening in a lesser number. The reason for accidents occurring in Balmer Island is not researched as well as the cause behind them is not mentioned at all. Even if the number is decreased in Balmer island then it is not truly possible that the result will be the same as that of Torseau Island.
There can be other measures taken by the Town Council of Balmer Island as it is likely that the authorities in Torseau have clubbed some other activities with the limitation on moped rentals. Such activities might include conducting tourist safety sessions, separating the driving and the pedestrian lanes, providing public transportation to groups of tourists so that the journeys are well monitored and safely handled, etc. Implementing these measures can positively cut the number of accidents in Balmer which are not at all considered by the author.
The author also fails to discuss the issue of how the tourists will travel in Balmer Island if the population is flooding in the summer months as reducing the number of rented mopeds can make it difficult for the tourists to explore the island. The statistics of the population in Torseau Island and its analogy with Balmer island is completely neglected by the author.
In consideration of all the above-stated viewpoints, it can be concluded that the author fails to convince the reader. The authorr could have substantiated his claim by proving similarities between Balmer and Torseau and convincing the reader that the implementation of similar laws would have the same effects in both the islands. Therefore, in its present form, the given argument is flawed and unconvincing due to lack of adequate evidence in support of its claim.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 1, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...gument as it is infected with flaws. The author fails to provide the link based ...
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Line 3, column 186, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...accidents happening in a lesser number. The reason for accidents occurring in Balme...
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Line 5, column 426, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... well monitored and safely handled, etc. Implementing these measures can positive...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, if, so, then, therefore, well, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 14.8657303371 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 33.0505617978 64% => OK
Preposition: 54.0 58.6224719101 92% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1813.0 2235.4752809 81% => OK
No of words: 361.0 442.535393258 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.02216066482 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.35889894354 4.55969084622 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69173409389 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 215.323595506 76% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.454293628809 0.4932671777 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 560.7 704.065955056 80% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 6.24550561798 16% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 20.2370786517 64% => 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: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 53.7449598573 60.3974514979 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 139.461538462 118.986275619 117% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.7692307692 23.4991977007 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.61538461538 5.21951772744 69% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 10.2758426966 29% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 5.13820224719 195% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.267538783322 0.243740707755 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.109904178623 0.0831039109588 132% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0866405417646 0.0758088955206 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.173663183671 0.150359130593 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0913691940676 0.0667264976115 137% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.1 14.1392134831 114% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.07 48.8420337079 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 12.1743820225 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.1639044944 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.82 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 88.0 100.480337079 88% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 11.8971910112 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => 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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