The following appeared in a letter too the editor of a journal on environmental issues. "Over the past year, the Crust Copper Company (CCC) has purchased over 10,000 square miles of land in the tropical nation of West Fredonia. Mining copper on this land will inevitably result in pollution and, since West Fredonia is the home of several endangered animal species, in environmental disaster. But such disasters can be prevented if consumers simply refuse to purchase products that are made with CCC's copper unless the company abandons its mining plans."
The argument concludes that the Crust Copper Company established in the tropical region of West Fredonia will inevitably result in pollution and ultimately, an environmental disaster. However, there are certain flaws and assumptions, made by the author, which enfeebles the aforementioned statement.
First, the argument assumes that mining copper will lead to pollution, but, it can be challenged by the question that, is the copper mining only cause for the pollution and environmental flaws in that region? It is possible that some other reasons such as overgrazing, deforestation, excessive use of fodder fuel, etc. might be a feature, as a repercussion of which such environmental disaster is taking place.
Second, a fallacy arises in the statement when it is stated that, since West Fredonia is a home to several endangered species, the copper mining is responsible for environmental disaster in such area. But, no evidence is given regarding the connection between endangered species and copper mining. The insalubrious environment might be a matter of concern regarding such endangered species, but, such inappropriate environment is a result of solely copper mining, it is not warranted. And what about other regions, where there are no such endangered flora and fauna exists, but, similar copper mining is going on and affecting the indigenous environment?
Third, the argument suggested that the local public should disown CCC products unless the company abandons its mining plans. However, a question, here, comes up that, just by boycotting the CCC goods, will the company agree of taking its steps back from mining in that area? What if the consumers need such products and buy from other companies? It is possible that buying similar products from other entrepreneurs will lead to environmental concern in that particular region where such other companies are set up.
To sum up, copper mining might be a reason when it comes to pollution and environmental concern, but, it is not the only reason behind it. Moreover, the argument could be strengthened by giving the statistical data for comparison of different factors which are responsible for the environmental flaws in that particular region. As before taking any action, considering all the faces of coin is obligatory.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 550, Rule ID: THERE_RE_MANY[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. Did you mean 'florae', 'floras'?
Suggestion: florae; floras
...ons, where there are no such endangered flora and fauna exists, but, similar copper m...
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Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'first', 'however', 'if', 'moreover', 'regarding', 'second', 'so', 'then', 'third', 'such as', 'to sum up']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.246341463415 0.25644967241 96% => OK
Verbs: 0.151219512195 0.15541462614 97% => OK
Adjectives: 0.10487804878 0.0836205057962 125% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0292682926829 0.0520304965353 56% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0243902439024 0.0272364105082 90% => OK
Prepositions: 0.109756097561 0.125424944231 88% => OK
Participles: 0.0560975609756 0.0416121511921 135% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.0126433545 2.79052419416 108% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0121951219512 0.026700313972 46% => Some infinitives wanted.
Particles: 0.00731707317073 0.001811407834 404% => OK
Determiners: 0.10487804878 0.113004496875 93% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0243902439024 0.0255425247493 95% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0219512195122 0.0127820249294 172% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2293.0 2731.13054187 84% => OK
No of words: 361.0 446.07635468 81% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.35180055402 6.12365571057 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.35889894354 4.57801047555 95% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.409972299169 0.378187486979 108% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.293628808864 0.287650121315 102% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.229916897507 0.208842608468 110% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.163434903047 0.135150697306 121% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.0126433545 2.79052419416 108% => OK
Unique words: 176.0 207.018472906 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.487534626039 0.469332199767 104% => OK
Word variations: 51.1607583912 52.1807786196 98% => OK
How many sentences: 16.0 20.039408867 80% => OK
Sentence length: 22.5625 23.2022227129 97% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.9708266212 57.7814097925 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.3125 141.986410481 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.5625 23.2022227129 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.75 0.724660767414 103% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.14285714286 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 3.58251231527 28% => OK
Readability: 51.9253808864 51.9672348444 100% => OK
Elegance: 2.0119047619 1.8405768891 109% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.371960427071 0.441005458295 84% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.153971252888 0.135418324435 114% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0813908857928 0.0829849096947 98% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.589088788074 0.58762219726 100% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.106089043957 0.147661913831 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.169005932568 0.193483328276 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0980516200172 0.0970749176394 101% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.34681447015 0.42659136922 81% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0563470071098 0.0774707102158 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.277551277209 0.312017818177 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0575269788058 0.0698173142475 82% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.33743842365 36% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.87684729064 116% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.82512315271 104% => OK
Positive topic words: 1.0 6.46551724138 15% => More positive topic words wanted.
Negative topic words: 4.0 5.36822660099 75% => OK
Neutral topic words: 3.0 2.82389162562 106% => OK
Total topic words: 8.0 14.657635468 55% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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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