The following advice was given to a politician by his political consultant:
It is true that 200 apartment renters protested in the rain about the elimination of rent control regulation. However, there are 20,000 renters in the entire city. 19,800 of them stayed home and did not protest. The group that did not protest is much larger and better represents the opinion of renters throughout the city: that the elimination of rent control is not a problem. You should not let the small protest discourage you.
The above arguements is full of inconsistencies and loop holes. Although, a cursory analysis might suggest that the arguement is cogent, there are many underlying assumptions whose authenticity seems dubious.
First of all, it is mentioned that 200 apartment renters protested in rain. Now, the fact that it was raining, might be the biggest reason why only 200 of them came to protest. Protesting in a rainy condition is not an easy task. It might have been possible that many more renters wanted to protest but because of rain they were not able to.
Secondly, it is also stated that, 19,800 renters, stayed at home and did not wanted to protest. But, this might not be the actual case. Being absent during the protest is not sufficient to assume that the renters, did not have any concerns regarding the rent control regulation. There are several reasons which can account for not showing up, instead of having a problem with the rent control regulation.
It could have been the case that, the renters who stayed at home thought that doing a protest might not be the best way to oppose the rent control regulation. There might be some other alternatives, such as, doing it via the official way i.e. going to court. Or they could have thought that doing a protest might not be fruitful and so it was better to stay at home. Also, it is not mentioned that the information regarding the protest was known to all the renters. If this wasn't the case then it was bound to happen that only some of the protesters, who had the information, would turn up.
It is also not straight forward to assume that as the group that did not protest was larger, they better represent the opinion of the renters throughout the city. The majority of the opinion could be against the rental control regulation. It was just that due above mentioned reasons they were not able to attend the protest. Even though, the protest was small, is not reason to not to get discouraged. At least, the politician should take steps that could placate the protesters. As only then, the politician will have the support of the renters.
Hence, due to above mentioned reasons, it is evident that the arguement lacks various assumption which would have bolstered the arguement. But at present the arguement lacks cogency.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 78, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'did' requires the base form of the verb: 'want'
Suggestion: want
...800 renters, stayed at home and did not wanted to protest. But, this might not be the ...
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Line 9, column 475, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: wasn't
...t was known to all the renters. If this wasnt the case then it was bound to happen th...
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Line 9, column 528, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...e then it was bound to happen that only some of the protesters, who had the information, wo...
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Line 11, column 490, Rule ID: AS_ADJ_AS[1]
Message: Comparison is written "as only 'as'".
Suggestion: as
...t could placate the protesters. As only then, the politician will have the support o...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'first', 'hence', 'if', 'regarding', 'second', 'secondly', 'so', 'then', 'at least', 'such as', 'first of all']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.177528089888 0.25644967241 69% => OK
Verbs: 0.195505617978 0.15541462614 126% => OK
Adjectives: 0.076404494382 0.0836205057962 91% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0719101123596 0.0520304965353 138% => OK
Pronouns: 0.038202247191 0.0272364105082 140% => Less pronouns wanted. Try not to use 'you, I, they, he...' as the subject of a sentence
Prepositions: 0.0966292134831 0.125424944231 77% => OK
Participles: 0.0516853932584 0.0416121511921 124% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.50075840764 2.79052419416 90% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0337078651685 0.026700313972 126% => OK
Particles: 0.00449438202247 0.001811407834 248% => OK
Determiners: 0.107865168539 0.113004496875 95% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0359550561798 0.0255425247493 141% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0224719101124 0.0127820249294 176% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2297.0 2731.13054187 84% => OK
No of words: 397.0 446.07635468 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.78589420655 6.12365571057 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.46372701284 4.57801047555 98% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.307304785894 0.378187486979 81% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.241813602015 0.287650121315 84% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.141057934509 0.208842608468 68% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.095717884131 0.135150697306 71% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50075840764 2.79052419416 90% => OK
Unique words: 188.0 207.018472906 91% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.47355163728 0.469332199767 101% => OK
Word variations: 50.8366500693 52.1807786196 97% => OK
How many sentences: 24.0 20.039408867 120% => OK
Sentence length: 16.5416666667 23.2022227129 71% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.9120876356 57.7814097925 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.7083333333 141.986410481 67% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.5416666667 23.2022227129 71% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.541666666667 0.724660767414 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.14285714286 117% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 3.58251231527 112% => OK
Readability: 40.7230268682 51.9672348444 78% => OK
Elegance: 1.06617647059 1.8405768891 58% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.500694339476 0.441005458295 114% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.128022899688 0.135418324435 95% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0892769539713 0.0829849096947 108% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.572742720625 0.58762219726 97% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.16098605419 0.147661913831 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.203995698495 0.193483328276 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.10117567921 0.0970749176394 104% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.41539873673 0.42659136922 97% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.170753027693 0.0774707102158 220% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.317188598673 0.312017818177 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0889972760709 0.0698173142475 127% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.33743842365 60% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 6.87684729064 174% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.82512315271 145% => OK
Positive topic words: 4.0 6.46551724138 62% => OK
Negative topic words: 8.0 5.36822660099 149% => OK
Neutral topic words: 4.0 2.82389162562 142% => OK
Total topic words: 16.0 14.657635468 109% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 70.83 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.25 Out of 6 -- The score is based on the average performance of 20,000 argument essays. This e-grader is not smart enough to check on arguments.
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