In a newspaper editorial, it is stated that if the number of illegal immigrants entering a country are not checked then country's economy and identity would be danger. This conclusion is based on the immigrants who enter country illegally pose threats to the country. The argument has unsubstantiated assumptions which are examined below. This argument cannot be accepted before examination of unverified assumptions made in the original argument.
First of all, Author assumes that every immigants who enters a country illegally pose threats to the country. Perhaps a person who entered illegally might not perform any threats to the coutry. Perhaps he might have facing difficulties in cost of living in his country and he might have entered other country so that he can have better state of living. Morever, people who does not have freedom of living in their country might try to leave their own country and secretly enter other country. If above scenarios are considered by the author the argument can be considered significantly as flawed.
Secondly, Author is assuming that number of people entering is significant. How significant is the number of people encroacing a country? Perhaps count can be less. Perhaps these entered people cannot do any threats to the nation. Author insignificantly assumes this without providing any evidence.Author also assumes that are no other factors which are responsible for the endanger of country's economic status and identity. If these scenarios has merit, then the argument does not hold any water.
At last, Author assumes people who enter legally does not harm the nation. Perhaps someone who has leagally entered a country but tries to harm the country. Author also assumes that illegal immigrants cause harm to the society. Perhaps illegal immigrant has entered for other reason and not to harm people in the country or economy of the country. If these two scenarios are taken into consideration and are proved true, author's claim can be undermined.
To conclude, the argument by author in newspaper editorial is fully flawed. Conclusion cannot be drawn based on these unverified assumptions. The argument, as it stands now, is completely flawed. Author has to give additional evidence and examine above assumptions made by him, to fully evaluate the argument made by him that if illegal immigrants are not checked, nation economy and idendity would be in danger.
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e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 24 15
No. of Words: 389 350
No. of Characters: 1987 1500
No. of Different Words: 159 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.441 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.108 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.671 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 165 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 122 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 69 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 42 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 16.208 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.561 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.458 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.328 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.514 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.121 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 299, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Author
...mes this without providing any evidence.Author also assumes that are no other factors ...
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Line 5, column 371, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...other factors which are responsible for the endanger of countrys economic status and identit...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 287, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...migrant has entered for other reason and not to harm people in the country or eco...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, second, secondly, so, then, as to, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.6327345309 112% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.9520958084 100% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 11.1786427146 89% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 13.6137724551 110% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 28.8173652695 83% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 55.5748502994 76% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 16.3942115768 73% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2037.0 2260.96107784 90% => OK
No of words: 388.0 441.139720559 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.25 5.12650576532 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.43821085614 4.56307096286 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77046750967 2.78398813304 100% => OK
Unique words: 165.0 204.123752495 81% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.425257731959 0.468620217663 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 657.0 705.55239521 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 4.96107784431 60% => OK
Article: 3.0 8.76447105788 34% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.22255489022 95% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 19.7664670659 121% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 22.8473053892 70% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 45.0619172793 57.8364921388 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.875 119.503703932 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.1666666667 23.324526521 69% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.875 5.70786347227 50% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.25449101796 57% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 13.0 6.88822355289 189% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.67664670659 43% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.331431154557 0.218282227539 152% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.108752939414 0.0743258471296 146% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0746930253423 0.0701772020484 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.214254686116 0.128457276422 167% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0835098753547 0.0628817314937 133% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 14.3799401198 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 46.78 48.3550499002 97% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.197005988 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.87 12.5979740519 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.65 8.32208582834 92% => OK
difficult_words: 79.0 98.500998004 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 12.3882235529 73% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.1389221557 75% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.9071856287 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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