The following appeared in the summary of a study on headaches suffered by the residents of Mentia.
"Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, a medicine used to treat headaches. Although many foods are naturally rich in salicylates, for the past several decades, food-processing companies have also been adding salicylates to foods as preservatives.
This rise in the commercial use of salicylates has been found to correlate with a steady decline in the average number of headaches reported by participants in our twenty-year study. Recently, food-processing companies have found that salicylates can also be used as flavor additives for foods. With this new use for salicylates, we can expect a continued steady decline in the number of headaches suffered by the average citizen of Mentia."
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
The surveyor claims that the steady decline in the number of headaches suffered by the average citizens of the city will continue. He supports the stated claim by expecting the use of salicylates as flavour additives to have the same affect as the use of same as foos preservative had on the citizens. However, his evidence seems baseless, lacking enough support. His reasoning that only use of salicylates has aided in the decline of average number of headache reports is quite hollow. His inability to mention the number of participants surveyed puts the biggest question mark on his stance. Failur...
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Sentence: He supports the stated claim by expecting the use of salicylates as flavour additives to have the same affect as the use of same as foos preservative had on the citizens.
Error: foos Suggestion: food
Sentence: Old and working people tend to lead a more stressfull life than, say, young school, college going students.
Error: stressfull Suggestion: stressful
Sentence: Thus, the failure of a descriptive sample makes the concludsion spineless, lacking support needed to convince each and everyone.
Error: concludsion Suggestion: conclusion
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