A pet food company recalled 4 million pounds of pet food in response to complaints that pets that had consumed the food experienced vomiting, lethargy, and other signs of illness. After the recall, the pet food company tested samples from the recalled food and determined that all chemicals found in the food were chemicals that are approved for use in pet food. Thus, the recalled food was not responsible for these symptoms, and the company should not devote further resources to the investigation.
The pet food company has concluded that since they have only used the chemicals which have been approved, their pet food products can't be responsible for the symptoms observed in pets. By reaching such a conclusion, the author of the argument has overlooked many assumptions and holes, which are present, and thus has made made highly flawed case for the pet food company.
To begin with, let me stating the maxim that 'anything consumed in excess is harmful'. While the pet food company has concluded that it has only used the approved chemicals, it hasn't specified the amount in which each of the chemicals were used. If the chemicals were used in large quantities, much more than the permissible amount then the company is to be blamed for this act. Furthermore, the company has failed to provide us with information on whether it has assured that the chemicals used didn't react with each other, or other sources of food, and then triggered vomiting, lethargy, and other illnesses. It may well be that the chemicals used in the food products isn't compatible with the other kinds of foods which are consumed by pets. Thus, data on the amount of certain chemicals found in the food, their permissible amounts and on whether the food is suitable to be consumed with other food sources must be provided.
Moving on, the company must specify which foods are compatible with which pets. The company has failed to state whether it has done sufficiently in regard to this matter. For example,consider a case in which the company launches dog food, which contains milk products. If the company hasn't specified the constituents of the food product on the packaging, consumers may buy those products to feed them too their lactose intolerant dogs. In such a situation, the company would face charges since, it was their job to specify which ingredients went into making those foods and a particular food product might not be suitable for which kinds of pets.
Moreover, the company must be required to check it's manufacturing process and packaging processes to ensure that it is following strict guidelines and maintaining proper hygiene. Consider the situation in which the manufacturing and packaging process isn't up to the required standards and the machines which gauge the amount of preservatives that must be added to the products are malfunctioning. In such a situation, the self life of these foods might be much less than that specified of the packaging and the foods may well have expired before they were fed to pets. By not providing any data regarding it's manufacturing process and whether all processes are functioning correctly, and stopping their investigation, the company might be making a grave error which could further lead to it's defamation.
To conclude, the argument in question is rife to holes and assumptions which make it extremely difficult to agree with. The company hasn't provided us with sufficient data to conclude that it has no role in the symptoms expressed by pets. In order to make the argument more cogent, the company should have provided us with data on the amount of chemicals present, the manufacturing and packaging process, etc.
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Comments
Essay evaluation report
argument 1 -- OK
argument 2 -- not OK
argument 3 -- not OK
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sample:
https://www.testbig.com/gmatgre-argument-task-essays/pet-food-company-r…
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 20 15
No. of Words: 536 350
No. of Characters: 2588 1500
No. of Different Words: 210 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.812 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.828 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.638 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 166 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 142 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 100 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 63 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 26.8 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.494 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.65 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.371 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.582 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.157 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 131, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
... been approved, their pet food products cant be responsible for the symptoms observe...
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Line 1, column 319, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: made
... holes, which are present, and thus has made made highly flawed case for the pet food com...
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Line 3, column 176, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: hasn't
...as only used the approved chemicals, it hasnt specified the amount in which each of t...
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Line 3, column 495, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
... it has assured that the chemicals used didnt react with each other, or other sources...
^^^^^
Line 3, column 670, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: isn't
...the chemicals used in the food products isnt compatible with the other kinds of food...
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Line 5, column 183, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , consider
...ly in regard to this matter. For example,consider a case in which the company launches do...
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Line 5, column 285, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: hasn't
... contains milk products. If the company hasnt specified the constituents of the food ...
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Line 7, column 252, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: isn't
...the manufacturing and packaging process isnt up to the required standards and the ma...
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Line 9, column 133, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: hasn't
...ly difficult to agree with. The company hasnt provided us with sufficient data to con...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
furthermore, if, look, may, moreover, regarding, so, then, thus, well, while, for example, in regard to, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.6327345309 127% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.9520958084 100% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 11.1786427146 143% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 13.6137724551 169% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 28.8173652695 132% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 68.0 55.5748502994 122% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 16.3942115768 61% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2647.0 2260.96107784 117% => OK
No of words: 529.0 441.139720559 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.00378071834 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.79583152331 4.56307096286 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73451283995 2.78398813304 98% => OK
Unique words: 219.0 204.123752495 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.413988657845 0.468620217663 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 804.6 705.55239521 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 4.96107784431 101% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.76447105788 148% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.67365269461 299% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.22255489022 166% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 19.7664670659 101% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 22.8473053892 114% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.3043338395 57.8364921388 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.35 119.503703932 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.45 23.324526521 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.9 5.70786347227 103% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 9.0 5.25449101796 171% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.20758483034 73% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 6.88822355289 131% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.67664670659 107% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.271043083528 0.218282227539 124% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.100712027406 0.0743258471296 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0795391532299 0.0701772020484 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.169457218086 0.128457276422 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.101122296182 0.0628817314937 161% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.3799401198 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.55 48.3550499002 111% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.197005988 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.02 12.5979740519 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.97 8.32208582834 96% => OK
difficult_words: 102.0 98.500998004 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 12.3882235529 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.1389221557 111% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.9071856287 109% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.