The following appeared in a letter from a homeowner to a friend."Of the two leading real estate firms in our town — Adams Realty and Fitch Realty — Adams Realty is clearly superior. Adams has 40 real estate agents; in contrast, Fitch has 25, many

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The following appeared in a letter from a homeowner to a friend.

"Of the two leading real estate firms in our town — Adams Realty and Fitch Realty — Adams Realty is clearly superior. Adams has 40 real estate agents; in contrast, Fitch has 25, many of whom work only part-time. Moreover, Adams' revenue last year was twice as high as that of Fitch and included home sales that averaged $168,000, compared to Fitch's $144,000. Homes listed with Adams sell faster as well: ten years ago I listed my home with Fitch, and it took more than four months to sell; last year, when I sold another home, I listed it with Adams, and it took only one month. Thus, if you want to sell your home quickly and at a good price, you should use Adams Realty."

Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

The author offers an intriguing proposal about how one of his or her friends sell his house in the best way possible. A quick reflection on this argument will make someone realize being rife of holes and assumptions, resting upon logical fallacious, poor reasoning, and referring to a limited sample to make sweeping generalization, the argument cannot be considered as a cogent case upon being assessed by careful scrutiny of the evidence. All these flaws invite questions whose answer will assist in providing a more credible support for the conclusion. Therefore, before this recommendation be properly evaluated, three questions must be answered.

is the number of agents and the time they spend in the office as an indicator of higher efficiency? building upon the assumption that it is so, the author suggests that Adam office is a more rational to be chosen by a costumer. Nonetheless, one should take into consideration that upon working full time, estate agents probably get bored and tired, and all these pressure will tax their mental agility, which adversely affect their efficiency as worker who has regular connection with people. On the other hand, a part time job may release more time for humans, which can be allocated to activities that makes the person more joyful and satisfied, leading to a more meticulous and hard-work person in the work times. Moreover, although the number of Fitch agents is fewer than Adam, it is probable that they are more qualified, who makes the results of the job better off. The author's argument about which one of these estates are superior is not persuasive, unless it provides more accurate information about their workers.

Secondly, is it logical to consider the higher income and average sales in a specific a representative for a more-efficient estate? The author naively assumes that Adam's estate is superior just because it earned more revenue with higher average sales price. The assumption is rife of holes. First of all, maybe Adam's revenue was higher just in last year and this may not be true for other years. also, the price of a house is determined by various factors, namely it's area, the quality of the building, it's equipment, and so forth, indicating the fact that the higher average sale price is not an indicator of efficiency of the estate. The author argument can be strengthen by gathering data about other years revenue and the houses that were sold.

finally, is it rational to draw a conclusion just by observing one case of the estate? The person, recommending Adam, claims that Adam's houses will be sold quickly, based on two houses, each on was sold one estate. Due to the limited scale of the data, it is illogical to generalize the results of the selling experience. Perhaps, that was an exemption for Fitch state, in which the case was sold too late. this claim can be assessed by considering a sizable chunks of the houses in both estates and compare the results. so that, it may be probable to make a more reliable and credible conclusion.

In the light of above-mentioned analysis, on can observe that although this argument seems appealing, is neither compelling nor convincing as it stands. if all these assumptions, both stated and unstated, which are basically questionable, were to prove right, then the drawn conclusion is arguably in harmony with the evidence. On the other hand, only if one of these unwarranted assumptions go wrong, which is highly arguable, will all the argument lose its reliability and as a consequence one will left with the impression that the claim is more of a wishful thinking rather than substantive evidence. if the author had backed up his or her points with the answers of the questions and included the items discussed above, then the argument would possibly have been more thorough and convincing. finally, in order to have a more efficient assessment, it would be both necessary and helpful for the data that have already mentioned by author to be accompanied with a more detailed explanatory documentation.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 173, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'someone' must be used with a third-person verb: 'realizes'.
Suggestion: realizes
...tion on this argument will make someone realize being rife of holes and assumptions, re...
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Line 5, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Is
... three questions must be answered. is the number of agents and the time they ...
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Line 5, column 101, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Building
...e as an indicator of higher efficiency? building upon the assumption that it is so, the ...
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Line 5, column 295, Rule ID: EN_COMPOUNDS
Message: This word is normally spelled as one.
Suggestion: fulltime
...ke into consideration that upon working full time, estate agents probably get bored and t...
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Line 5, column 515, Rule ID: EN_COMPOUNDS
Message: This word is normally spelled with hyphen.
Suggestion: part-time
...ction with people. On the other hand, a part time job may release more time for humans, w...
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Line 5, column 878, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
... the results of the job better off. The authors argument about which one of these estat...
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Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...e information about their workers. Secondly, is it logical to consider the ...
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Line 13, column 397, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Also
...d this may not be true for other years. also, the price of a house is determined by ...
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Line 13, column 705, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'years'' or 'year's'?
Suggestion: years'; year's
...trengthen by gathering data about other years revenue and the houses that were sold. ...
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Line 17, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...nue and the houses that were sold. finally, is it rational to draw a conclu...
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Line 21, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Finally
... the houses that were sold. finally, is it rational to draw a conclusion ju...
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Line 21, column 408, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: This
...e, in which the case was sold too late. this claim can be assessed by considering a ...
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Line 21, column 460, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'chunk'?
Suggestion: chunk
...an be assessed by considering a sizable chunks of the houses in both estates and compa...
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Line 21, column 522, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: So
...n both estates and compare the results. so that, it may be probable to make a more...
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Line 25, column 154, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...compelling nor convincing as it stands. if all these assumptions, both stated and ...
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Line 25, column 502, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'will' requires the base form of the verb: 'leave'
Suggestion: leave
...liability and as a consequence one will left with the impression that the claim is m...
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Line 25, column 606, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...nking rather than substantive evidence. if the author had backed up his or her poi...
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Line 25, column 799, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Finally
...have been more thorough and convincing. finally, in order to have a more efficient asse...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, if, may, moreover, nonetheless, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, first of all, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 41.0 19.6327345309 209% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.9520958084 139% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 11.1786427146 188% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 13.6137724551 169% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 28.8173652695 163% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 80.0 55.5748502994 144% => OK
Nominalization: 24.0 16.3942115768 146% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3392.0 2260.96107784 150% => OK
No of words: 676.0 441.139720559 153% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.01775147929 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.09901951359 4.56307096286 112% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.78073144165 2.78398813304 100% => OK
Unique words: 318.0 204.123752495 156% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.470414201183 0.468620217663 100% => OK
syllable_count: 1090.8 705.55239521 155% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.96107784431 141% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.76447105788 137% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 2.70958083832 221% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.67365269461 179% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.22255489022 166% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 19.7664670659 137% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 22.8473053892 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 67.3531324026 57.8364921388 116% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.62962963 119.503703932 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.037037037 23.324526521 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.59259259259 5.70786347227 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 18.0 5.25449101796 343% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.20758483034 122% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.88822355289 116% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.67664670659 192% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0795313828482 0.218282227539 36% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0269652170972 0.0743258471296 36% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0366275353941 0.0701772020484 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0513636899619 0.128457276422 40% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0408975435006 0.0628817314937 65% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.7 14.3799401198 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.3550499002 95% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.197005988 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.5979740519 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.89 8.32208582834 107% => OK
difficult_words: 172.0 98.500998004 175% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 12.3882235529 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.1389221557 108% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.9071856287 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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