The reading and lecture both discuss the idea of increasing the tax on cigarettes. While the reading provides three advantages of the high cigarettes taxation, the professor refutes, saying none of these claims are convincing.
Firstly, the reading states that increase the tax on cigarettes will encourage smokers to stop that bad habit. On the other hand, the professor argues this idea by pointing out that this action will not lead people to quit smoking. In contrast, many people will buy low quality cigarettes which is more cheap. As a result, many people will get very high risk. In addition, they will have less money to buy healthy food.
In addition, the article avers that it is totally fair to increase the taxes on cigarette. This is because smokers increase the medical cost on society. However, the professor argues this point by explaining that this is will be fair for people with unhealthy behviour, but unfair for others. For instance, smokers with high earning comparing to smokers with low income who smoke the same amount of cigarettes will be totally unfair. This is because this taxation will be more burden on low income people.
Lastly, the reading shows that the government will benefit from this idea because the can use the tax revenue to improve the education level and the public places. Nevertheless, the professor questions this idea by saying that the government should do downsizing. For example, the government should not allow people to smoke in public areas such as parks and private places. In addition, they should put rules and polices to inhibit that issue. So, many people will be aware to avoid losing their income.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 140, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'cigarettes'' or 'cigarette's'?
Suggestion: cigarettes'; cigarette's
...g provides three advantages of the high cigarettes taxation, the professor refutes, saying...
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Line 5, column 115, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...es on cigarette. This is because smokers increase the medical cost on society. Ho...
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Line 5, column 251, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...hat this is will be fair for people with unhealthy behviour, but unfair for other...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, lastly, nevertheless, so, while, for example, for instance, in addition, in contrast, such as, as a result, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 5.04856512141 277% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1392.0 1373.03311258 101% => OK
No of words: 278.0 270.72406181 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0071942446 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.08329915638 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.41073758659 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 143.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514388489209 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 422.1 419.366225166 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 33.9462224815 49.2860985944 69% => OK
Chars per sentence: 81.8823529412 110.228320801 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.3529411765 21.698381199 75% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.11764705882 7.06452816374 129% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.108063641366 0.272083759551 40% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0383854183367 0.0996497079465 39% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0312703928276 0.0662205650399 47% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0639784687835 0.162205337803 39% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0307865851782 0.0443174109184 69% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.3 13.3589403974 77% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 53.8541721854 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.48 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 63.6247240618 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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