TPO 53 - High taxes on cigarettes
The reading and the lecture are both about whether or not high taxes on cigarettes and other unhealthy products should apply. The author of the reading feels that increased taxes on these products will be benefited and pose reasons of support. However, the lecturer casts doubt on each of the reasons presented in the reading. She is of the opinion that having high taxes on these products can be very challenging.
First of all, the author claims that people will avoid unhealthy behaviour because of the high taxes applied on cigarettes which can lead people to buy fewer of them. Also, increase in the taxes of cigarettes might want people not to buy them. This argument is challenged by the lecturer. She states that increase taxes on cigarettes will eventually lead people to buy lower quality of cigarettes which usually have more harmful substances in it. Consequently, people will expose to greater risk of health. Moreover, people might continue to buy expensive unhealthy food, which will make people to spend less money on healthy food.
Second, the author posits that taxing people who involve in unhealthy behaviors creates extra income that can be used to cover the medical costs. The lecturer refutes this by mentioning that unfair taxes do not take into account people's income. Per pack of cigarette in a day can really add into a greater expense for low earners. Furthermore, she points out that it is not fair to increase taxes on food because then it will create heavy burden on people who earn less.
Finally, the author asserts that the high rate on taxation on cigarettes considerably increases revenue for the government. In addition to this, the taxes on cigarettes and on unhealthy foods benefit everyone. The professor, on the other hand, believes that income represent millions and millions of dollars and government do not want to lose it. For instance, it is unlikely for cigarettes to not allow in the parks or should be completely banned in public or private areas.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 44, Rule ID: WHETHER[7]
Message: Perhaps you can shorten this phrase to just 'whether'. It is correct though if you mean 'regardless of whether'.
Suggestion: whether
... reading and the lecture are both about whether or not high taxes on cigarettes and other unhe...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, consequently, finally, first, furthermore, however, moreover, really, second, so, then, for instance, in addition, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 5.04856512141 277% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 30.3222958057 165% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1670.0 1373.03311258 122% => OK
No of words: 336.0 270.72406181 124% => OK
Chars per words: 4.97023809524 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.28139028586 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52166772327 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 169.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.502976190476 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 517.5 419.366225166 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 33.2240802156 49.2860985944 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.7777777778 110.228320801 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.6666666667 21.698381199 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.44444444444 7.06452816374 120% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 4.45695364238 247% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.509606825639 0.272083759551 187% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.170146868314 0.0996497079465 171% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.113961713295 0.0662205650399 172% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.316107178308 0.162205337803 195% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0403468883004 0.0443174109184 91% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.3 13.3589403974 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.55 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.05 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 63.6247240618 118% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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