the reading and the lecture are both about the policy of a company offering employees working a four days work week. the author of the reading feels that offering a shortened workweek will benefit the company, reduce the unemployment rate and improve the living standard. the lecture challenges the claim made by the author.
first, the author argues that shortened workweek will increase company profits as employees feel more rested, alert and hiring more staff would have fewer overworked and error-prone employees.the professor refutes this point by saying that hiring more employees will force the company to spend more money. he states that more workers require more working spaces, computers and also health benefits. training should be provided for the new employees which increases the additional cost of the company which cut's into company profit.
second, the article posits that the unemployment rate will be reduced if the policy is implemented.however, the professor says that the company might seek various alternative options and the employment rate might not be increased. According to the professor, the company might ask employees to work overtime to make up the differences and if this happens the employment rate would not increase. Additionally, the company might raise the expectation from employees that the work done in 5 days by an employee can be done by the employee in 4 days. if this happens no additional job is created.
third, the reading says that the individuals who want to work for a 4-day workweek will improve the quality of their lives by spending free time with their families and pursuing private interests. the professor opposes this point by explaining that those employees who want to work four days a week will have more chances not being promoted and of losing job during the economic downtown and decreases job ability and harm chances for career.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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...t rate and improve the living standard. the lecture challenges the claim made by th...
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...t rate and improve the living standard. the lecture challenges the claim made by th...
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...llenges the claim made by the author. first, the author argues that shortened workw...
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... force the company to spend more money. he states that more workers require more w...
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...es, computers and also health benefits. training should be provided for the new employee...
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...ompany which cuts into company profit. second, the article posits that the unemployme...
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... can be done by the employee in 4 days. if this happens no additional job is creat...
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... can be done by the employee in 4 days. if this happens no additional job is creat...
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... happens no additional job is created. third, the reading says that the individuals ...
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...amilies and pursuing private interests. the professor opposes this point by explain...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, second, so, third
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 5.04856512141 277% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 25.0 30.3222958057 82% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1595.0 1373.03311258 116% => OK
No of words: 308.0 270.72406181 114% => OK
Chars per words: 5.17857142857 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18926351222 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69946202233 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 156.0 145.348785872 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.506493506494 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 477.0 419.366225166 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 21.2450331126 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 74.5420742489 49.2860985944 151% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.916666667 110.228320801 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.6666666667 21.698381199 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.58333333333 7.06452816374 51% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 12.0 4.19205298013 286% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.138764093414 0.272083759551 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0632683567925 0.0996497079465 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.094140197778 0.0662205650399 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.104787581961 0.162205337803 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0687982532008 0.0443174109184 155% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 13.3589403974 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 54.56 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.06 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.62 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 63.6247240618 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.498013245 114% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 65.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 19.5 Out of 30
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