In a letter to the editor, a Central Plaza store owner voiced concerns regarding declining business to stores within the plaza. The author of the letter asserts that increased skateboarding in the plaza occurred at the same time as business decreased, while vandalism and litter increased as well. This store owner recommends that skateboarding be banned in the plaza so that shoppers will return and business increase to normal levels. However, there are several questions that must be answered before the city enacts such a ban.
More information is needed regarding the demographics of shoppers in the plaza and the city as a whole. Over the past two years, have there been fewer shoppers in Central Plaza in general, or have shoppers not been purchasing items? If business decreased in the plaza, that does not necessarily mean that the number of shoppers in the area declined as well; customers could be choosing not to buy as many goods. Furthermore, has the population of the city declined in recent years? If there are fewer citizens in the city overall, then there will be fewer people shopping in the plaza. The answers to these questions will inform the city on its overall population trends and consumer habits, which can be used to evaluate if other factors besides skateboarders have caused business in Central Plaza to declined.
Furthermore, the author assumes that the skateboarders are the reason for the decreased business in Central Plaza. Are skateboarders the reason people may not be coming to the plaza? The author has not surveyed customers to inquire as to why they may not be shopping as much as Central Plaza, and the claims he/she makes are all based on assumptions. Shopper surveys can help answer the question as to why they are not purchasing as many goods as they previously did from stores in Central Plaza, or why they do not wish to be in the plaze. If the surveys do indicate that the presence of skateboarders is a deterrent, then the city may need to develop a ban like the author recommends.
Finally, the store owner’s logical argument needs to be addressed, as the author presents no clear link between skateboarders and the vandalism and and litter in the plaza. Are skateboarders actually responsible for the litter and vandalism in the plaza? The owner provides no evidence to support this assertion. If the answer to this question is yes, then the owner’s recommendation to ban skateboarding may be valid. However, officials need to observe this before jumping to conclusions as well.
The author of this letter to the editor, a Central Plaza store owner, believes that increased numbers of skateboarders in the plaza are responsible for increased vandalism and litter, thus deterring customers and decreasing business. The connections he/she draws in the letter leave many questions to be answered, and the city should not implement a ban on skateboarders in the plaza until they are answered. A link between the skateboarders and decreased shopping needs to be established, as well as a connection between the skateboarders and the vandalism and litter. Only then can the recommendation of the store owner be moved forward with the city governance.
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e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.0 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 24 15
No. of Words: 534 350
No. of Characters: 2612 1500
No. of Different Words: 197 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.807 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.891 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.81 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 182 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 138 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 103 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 64 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 22.25 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.378 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.917 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.342 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.522 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.123 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 145, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: and
...between skateboarders and the vandalism and and litter in the plaza. Are skateboarders ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, besides, finally, furthermore, however, if, may, regarding, so, then, thus, well, while, as to, in general, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.6327345309 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.9520958084 116% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 11.1786427146 152% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 13.6137724551 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 25.0 28.8173652695 87% => OK
Preposition: 69.0 55.5748502994 124% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 16.3942115768 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2683.0 2260.96107784 119% => OK
No of words: 532.0 441.139720559 121% => OK
Chars per words: 5.04323308271 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.80261649409 4.56307096286 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88010840946 2.78398813304 103% => OK
Unique words: 207.0 204.123752495 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.389097744361 0.468620217663 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 833.4 705.55239521 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 4.96107784431 40% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.76447105788 126% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 2.70958083832 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.67365269461 239% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.22255489022 47% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 19.7664670659 121% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 22.8473053892 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.4329254112 57.8364921388 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.791666667 119.503703932 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.1666666667 23.324526521 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.33333333333 5.70786347227 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.25449101796 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.20758483034 122% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 6.88822355289 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.67664670659 214% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.380895665674 0.218282227539 174% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.122024861114 0.0743258471296 164% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.095706172801 0.0701772020484 136% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.235719682667 0.128457276422 184% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0680773841287 0.0628817314937 108% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 14.3799401198 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.3550499002 102% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.197005988 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.95 12.5979740519 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.02 8.32208582834 96% => OK
difficult_words: 111.0 98.500998004 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.1389221557 97% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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