Chemists have determined that spring water from Augusta, Maine contains minerals necessary for a healthy body. Residents of Augusta, Maine, have a longer life span than the average U.S. citizen. Even though spring water from Augusta, Maine may be expensive, it is a superior choice over drinking general tap water.
How would you rate the accuracy of the above statement? Support your position with reasons and examples.
The statement attempts to bridge a positive relationship between the spring water from Augusta and longer life span to the residents living there. This is based on the premises that the residents of Augusta have a longer life span than the average U.S. citizen. However, on deeper analysis, it becomes apparent that certain relevant aspects have not been taken into consideration, leading to a number of mistaken assumptions and logical flaws.
One such flaw in the statement is that, chemists claimed that the spring water quality in Augusta is healthy for body, though there are no report presented regarding the experiment and specifically what compound is in much extant in the spring water than the natural tap water have not been specified. So, the author's claim regarding the positive impact of that spring water can be substantiated by providing specific water properties of that spring water relative to the normal tap water.
Moreover, the writer's statement claims that the Augusta's residents have a longer life span than the average U.S. citizen, whereas he/she did not present any comparison regarding life expectancy of the people living there, which seriously cast doubt to his claim. So, by providing specific life expectancy of Augusta people and other parts of U.S., he/she can strengthen his claim.
Additionally, we can infer from the statement that the author believes that the longer life span of Augusta people is caused by the superior water quality of that area's spring. But to claim with certainty, the statement must have presented the geographic and demographic information of that area. For instance, the Augusta can be a city by the sea shore and the fresh air of the sea is very healthy, which is an already an established fact. Again, Augusta can be a city with very low density population, which ensures that the state government can take better care of it's people regarding medical, recreational facility, sports, which can eventually increase the life span of the people living there. So, not specifying those possible facts seriously undermine the whole argument and render it somewhat pointless.
So, to conclude, the argument lacks information and seems to present incipient assumption. The solution proposed by the author seems tenuous due to lack of supporting evidences. The author must have given more concrete evidence to substantiate his viewpoints and to make the argument more cogent.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 427, Rule ID: ESTABLISHED_FACT[1]
Message: Use simply 'a fact'.
Suggestion: a fact
...ea is very healthy, which is an already an established fact. Again, Augusta can be a city with very...
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Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'however', 'if', 'moreover', 'regarding', 'so', 'then', 'whereas', 'for instance']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.28 0.25644967241 109% => OK
Verbs: 0.142222222222 0.15541462614 92% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0955555555556 0.0836205057962 114% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0511111111111 0.0520304965353 98% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0155555555556 0.0272364105082 57% => OK
Prepositions: 0.102222222222 0.125424944231 82% => OK
Participles: 0.0511111111111 0.0416121511921 123% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.78864688279 2.79052419416 100% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0244444444444 0.026700313972 92% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.001811407834 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.117777777778 0.113004496875 104% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.02 0.0255425247493 78% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0111111111111 0.0127820249294 87% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2467.0 2731.13054187 90% => OK
No of words: 392.0 446.07635468 88% => OK
Chars per words: 6.29336734694 6.12365571057 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.44960558625 4.57801047555 97% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.410714285714 0.378187486979 109% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.303571428571 0.287650121315 106% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.227040816327 0.208842608468 109% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.15306122449 0.135150697306 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.78864688279 2.79052419416 100% => OK
Unique words: 193.0 207.018472906 93% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.492346938776 0.469332199767 105% => OK
Word variations: 53.2507504948 52.1807786196 102% => OK
How many sentences: 15.0 20.039408867 75% => OK
Sentence length: 26.1333333333 23.2022227129 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 66.522644432 57.7814097925 115% => OK
Chars per sentence: 164.466666667 141.986410481 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.1333333333 23.2022227129 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.6 0.724660767414 83% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.14285714286 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 3.58251231527 28% => OK
Readability: 56.4904761905 51.9672348444 109% => OK
Elegance: 2.07446808511 1.8405768891 113% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.330976706669 0.441005458295 75% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.178833702106 0.135418324435 132% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0842829666029 0.0829849096947 102% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.655242495851 0.58762219726 112% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.138956203088 0.147661913831 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.148748618842 0.193483328276 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.100121116575 0.0970749176394 103% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.375569910162 0.42659136922 88% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.076459447489 0.0774707102158 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.226759950735 0.312017818177 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0927445643975 0.0698173142475 133% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.33743842365 108% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 6.87684729064 73% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.82512315271 21% => More neutral sentences wanted.
Positive topic words: 8.0 6.46551724138 124% => OK
Negative topic words: 5.0 5.36822660099 93% => OK
Neutral topic words: 0.0 2.82389162562 0% => More neutral topic words wanted.
Total topic words: 13.0 14.657635468 89% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 66.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4 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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