Many lives might be saved if inoculations against cow flu were routinely administered to all people in areas where the disease is detected. However, since there is a small possibility that a person will die as a result of the inoculations, we cannot permit inoculations against cow flu to be routinely administered.
The argument presented in the prompt is based on several unwarranted assumptions which when proved otherwise can seriously damage the conclusion made by the author. Firstly, it states that many lives are affected by the the cow flu, but it is not mentioned that how many lives ae actually affected by the same. Secondly, it states a direct contradiction stated in the first line of the argument that there is small possibility of death by cow flu. However, if there is a small possibility then how is it affecting many lives? Lastly, it assumes that death is the only factor considered for the permission of inoculations against cow flu to be routinely administered. The above fallacies are discussed in detail below.
Initially, the author is certain that many lives would have been saved if routine administration of inoculations against cow flu would have been done. However, the argument fails to clarify that how many lives are actually affected by the cow flu? is it so significant to affect a large proportion of the area where it is detected? Or is the proportion is so less that it wouldn't affect much to the surrounding area. For instance, if the proportion is too large then it would prove prudent to not administer the affected area in routine manner. Thus, if the above scenario is true then is would deteriorate the conclusion made by the author.
Secondly, the argument contradicts the very point it had made earlier than many lives would be saved. it is clearly stated that there is small possibility that a person would die as result of the inoculations,however, if the possibility is so low, the how is it affecting "many lives" as stated earlier. The argument here is equivocal to conclude anything regarding the death of a person by cow flu. Hence, a cogent scenario cannot be made as to conclude as relating to permission of inoculation against cow flu.
Lastly, the argument assumes that, death is the only factor contributing for the initiation of routine administration. As a matter of fact, it is a plausible case that even if the death rate for the said disease is low, it can cause in large chronic diseases and may be highly contagious. If the above case holds true than it would be a disaster not to administer innoculation against cow flu. There can a high probability that people suffer a chronic disease which in turn allows other diseases to be active inside an individual, which can lead to severe and insidious repercussions.
In the conclusion, the argument fails to provide a cogent case as make any solid conclusion regarding the issue. If more details and facts would have been given, then it would have been possible to assert the conclusion.
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Comments
Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 20 15
No. of Words: 462 350
No. of Characters: 2174 1500
No. of Different Words: 183 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.636 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.706 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.764 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 142 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 106 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 80 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 53 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 23.1 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 9.305 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.85 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.327 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.531 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.073 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 217, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
... states that many lives are affected by the the cow flu, but it is not mentioned that h...
^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 217, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
... states that many lives are affected by the the cow flu, but it is not mentioned that h...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 250, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Is
...s are actually affected by the cow flu? is it so significant to affect a large pro...
^^
Line 3, column 374, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: wouldn't
...Or is the proportion is so less that it wouldnt affect much to the surrounding area. Fo...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 104, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
...earlier than many lives would be saved. it is clearly stated that there is small p...
^^
Line 5, column 161, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ted that there is small possibility that a person would die as result of the inoc...
^^
Line 5, column 211, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , however
... would die as result of the inoculations,however, if the possibility is so low, the how ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 251, Rule ID: THE_HOW[1]
Message: Did you mean 'how'?
Suggestion: how
...,however, if the possibility is so low, the how is it affecting 'many lives' ...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ssion of inoculation against cow flu. Lastly, the argument assumes that, death...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 299, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “If” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
... diseases and may be highly contagious. If the above case holds true than it would...
^^
Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... severe and insidious repercussions. In the conclusion, the argument fails to...
^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 148, Rule ID: IF_WOULD_HAVE_VBN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'had been'?
Suggestion: had been
...ng the issue. If more details and facts would have been given, then it would have been possible...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, lastly, may, regarding, second, secondly, so, then, thus, as to, for instance, as a matter of fact
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 35.0 19.6327345309 178% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.9520958084 116% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 11.1786427146 45% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 17.0 13.6137724551 125% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 28.8173652695 97% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 55.5748502994 88% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 16.3942115768 104% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2241.0 2260.96107784 99% => OK
No of words: 460.0 441.139720559 104% => OK
Chars per words: 4.87173913043 5.12650576532 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.6311565067 4.56307096286 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.9311080055 2.78398813304 105% => OK
Unique words: 190.0 204.123752495 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.413043478261 0.468620217663 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 730.8 705.55239521 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.96107784431 121% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.76447105788 114% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 2.70958083832 295% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 19.7664670659 111% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.1411038337 57.8364921388 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.863636364 119.503703932 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9090909091 23.324526521 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.77272727273 5.70786347227 119% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 12.0 5.25449101796 228% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.20758483034 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 14.0 6.88822355289 203% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.67664670659 86% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.309709381015 0.218282227539 142% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0937185190473 0.0743258471296 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0704512376128 0.0701772020484 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.168654104156 0.128457276422 131% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0899841884813 0.0628817314937 143% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 14.3799401198 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.3550499002 106% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.197005988 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.97 12.5979740519 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.75 8.32208582834 93% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 98.500998004 92% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => 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.