The following is a memorandum from the business manager of a television station Over the past year our late night news program has devoted increased time to national news and less time to weather and local news During this period most of the complaint

Author says that for avoiding losses and complaints, they should increase time devoted to weather and local news to its former level. Author support this statetement with complaints from viewers and cancelled advertising contracts. However, before this recommendation can be properly evaluated, two questions must be answered.

Firstly, author states that, most of the complaints concerned with weather and local news. But there is ambiguity, because we can not compare if the numbers of all complaints are increased or decreased. Also, we can not exactly say that complaints are about with decreased time devoted to weather and local news. Maybe it is about any technical issues in program or something else. If this scenario has merit, then conclusion drawn in the original argument is significantly weakened.

Secondly, author asserts that, local businesses stopped their contracts with late-night news program. But there is no point in this statement which says these cancellations are because of less devoted time for weather and local news. Maybe businesses are no longer satisfied with effectiveness of advertising in late-night news program for some other reasons. In addition, we can not say anything about losing advertising revenues. Because, increased time to national news can attract national companies for placing advertisings in that program and maybe, this can be more profitable than before. If the above is true, then the argument does not hold water.

In conclusion, the argument as it stands now, is considerably flawed due to its reliance on several unwarranted assumptions. If the author is able to answer these questions above and offer more evidence (perhaps in the form of a systematic study), then it will be possible to fully evaluate the viability of the proposed recommendation to restore the time devoted to weather and local news.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, in addition, in conclusion

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.6327345309 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.9520958084 69% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 11.1786427146 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 13.6137724551 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 28.8173652695 76% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 55.5748502994 67% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 16.3942115768 61% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1581.0 2260.96107784 70% => OK
No of words: 293.0 441.139720559 66% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.39590443686 5.12650576532 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13729897018 4.56307096286 91% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.87383768294 2.78398813304 103% => OK
Unique words: 157.0 204.123752495 77% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.535836177474 0.468620217663 114% => OK
syllable_count: 489.6 705.55239521 69% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 4.96107784431 81% => OK
Article: 1.0 8.76447105788 11% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.70958083832 185% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 19.7664670659 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 18.0 22.8473053892 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 46.1449821216 57.8364921388 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.8125 119.503703932 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.3125 23.324526521 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.1875 5.70786347227 108% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 5.15768463074 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 5.25449101796 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.20758483034 73% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 6.88822355289 102% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.67664670659 64% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.363931785517 0.218282227539 167% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.119580782 0.0743258471296 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0980831855434 0.0701772020484 140% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.223142068401 0.128457276422 174% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0763532774182 0.0628817314937 121% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 14.3799401198 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 48.3550499002 93% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.197005988 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.04 12.5979740519 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.79 8.32208582834 106% => OK
difficult_words: 79.0 98.500998004 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 12.3882235529 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.1389221557 83% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, in addition, in conclusion

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.6327345309 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.9520958084 69% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 11.1786427146 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 13.6137724551 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 28.8173652695 76% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 55.5748502994 67% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 16.3942115768 61% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1581.0 2260.96107784 70% => OK
No of words: 293.0 441.139720559 66% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.39590443686 5.12650576532 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13729897018 4.56307096286 91% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.87383768294 2.78398813304 103% => OK
Unique words: 157.0 204.123752495 77% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.535836177474 0.468620217663 114% => OK
syllable_count: 489.6 705.55239521 69% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 4.96107784431 81% => OK
Article: 1.0 8.76447105788 11% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.70958083832 185% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 19.7664670659 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 18.0 22.8473053892 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 46.1449821216 57.8364921388 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.8125 119.503703932 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.3125 23.324526521 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.1875 5.70786347227 108% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 5.15768463074 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 5.25449101796 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.20758483034 73% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 6.88822355289 102% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.67664670659 64% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.363931785517 0.218282227539 167% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.119580782 0.0743258471296 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0980831855434 0.0701772020484 140% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.223142068401 0.128457276422 174% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0763532774182 0.0628817314937 121% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 14.3799401198 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 48.3550499002 93% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.197005988 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.04 12.5979740519 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.79 8.32208582834 106% => OK
difficult_words: 79.0 98.500998004 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 12.3882235529 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.1389221557 83% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.