The following appeared in a newspaper article about law firms in the city of Megalopolis.
In Megalopolis, the number of law school graduates who went to work for large, corporate firms declined by 15 percent over the last three years, whereas an increasing number of graduates took jobs at small, general practice firms. Even though large firms usually offer much higher salaries, law school graduates are choosing to work for smaller firms most likely because they experience greater job satisfaction at smaller firms. In a survey of first-year students at a leading law school, most agreed with the statement that earning a high salary was less important to them than job satisfaction. This finding suggests that the large, corporate firms of Megalopolis will need to offer graduates more benefits and incentives and reduce the number of hours they must work.
The assertion seems to be valid at first glance; nevertheless, due to some dubious evidence and presumptions, I can't agree with it, unless more convincing facts are given. This is rather a naive or simplistic assumption to offer graduates more benefits and incentives and reduce the working hours to attract them more in large corporate firms than the small, general practice firms. Let us consider the facts in closer detail and identify the various other factors.
The author states that the number in the law school graduates that are working for large firms has declined by 15 percent over the last three years. Also, there is an increase in the number of graduates who are working in small firms. Firstly, the author has not mentioned whether it was a survey or a report which states these statistics. The argument's deficiency is that it does provides an explanation of the statistics given in the newspaper article about law firms in the city of Megalopolis. The author has also not given the number of graduates from law schools. Without an accurate number of graduates working in both the firms, one cannot determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the percentage.
Furthermore, another understated assumption the argument makes is that the law school graduates prefer small firms over large firms because they experience greater job satisfaction at smaller firms even though large firms offer higher salaries. Job satisfaction cannot be the only reason that the graduates prefer smaller firms with a little less salary. Also, in a survey, first-year graduates agreed with the statement that earning a high salary was less important to them than job satisfaction. They can be numerous reasons on which such decisions may depend.
Yet another of the argument's shortcomings has to with increasing work perks and incentives and reduce the working hours. The mere fact that the findings suggest that large firms do such things that smaller firms, that is why graduates went to work for small firms more than the large firms. There may be a good manager-employee relationship or happy and jovial working environment that keeps the stress away and gives job satisfaction to the graduates that are working for small firms. After all, the statement seems to be blatantly made without scrutinizing.
A careful analysis of the given evidence reveals the loopholes that undermine the argument to a great extent. Not a shred of evidence such as statistics of the law school graduates or other reasons because of why students prefer working in small firms has been advanced to substantiate the logic behind the argument. The following appeared in a newspaper article about law firms in the city of Megalopolis.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 113, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...me dubious evidence and presumptions, I cant agree with it, unless more convincing f...
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Line 3, column 345, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'arguments'' or 'argument's'?
Suggestion: arguments'; argument's
...port which states these statistics. The arguments deficiency is that it does provides an ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, furthermore, if, may, nevertheless, so, after all, as to, such as, to a great extent
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 33.0505617978 73% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 58.6224719101 89% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2290.0 2235.4752809 102% => OK
No of words: 448.0 442.535393258 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.11160714286 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.60065326758 4.55969084622 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73360138473 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 206.0 215.323595506 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.459821428571 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 692.1 704.065955056 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.2103505163 60.3974514979 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.5 118.986275619 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.4 23.4991977007 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.3 5.21951772744 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.394474360418 0.243740707755 162% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.12618924283 0.0831039109588 152% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.132193444039 0.0758088955206 174% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.214794804004 0.150359130593 143% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.115569507829 0.0667264976115 173% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.8 14.1392134831 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.65 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.97 8.38706741573 95% => OK
difficult_words: 92.0 100.480337079 92% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => 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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