A pet food company recalled 4 million pounds of pet food in response to complaints that pets that had consumed the food experienced vomiting, lethargy, and other signs of illness. After the recall, the pet food company tested samples from the recalled food and determined that all chemicals found in the food were chemicals that are approved for use in pet food. Thus, the recalled food was not responsible for these symptoms, and the company should not devote further resources to the investigation.
In the argument the author concluded that the pet company should stop investigation into its pet food after the recall of foods from the market. This conclusion is based on the chemicals found founded in the food sample. However the conclusion is based on several assumptions which weakens the foundation of the conslusion.
Firstly, the author stated that the company had tested samples but the size of the sample is not stated clearly. The size of the sample is very important here as the recalled amount is also very high. It is possible that the sample the company tested was very small and became biased, which resulted in a favorable conclusion for the company. Other unapproved chemicals could have been present in other samples. There are many scientifically established standard for testing for such situation. To make the argument more persuasive the author should have stated the method and size of the sample.
Secondly the author stated that the chemical that were found in the food were approved but did not stated the authority who approved the chemicals. It is important because the standard actually varies from country to country. This is because the breeds of pet that are available, the atmosphere, food habit, all plays a role in the food chemical approval. One can not always use the chemicals approved by a authority in a different country to be used in another country. In this argument the mentioning the approving authority would have made more important impact.
Another important assumption made by the author here that even if the the chemicals that were used wwere safe but did not give the information about whether the mixing ratio was also suitable for the animals. For a chemical compund the amount of and the raio in which they are mixed with the other chemicals is very important. It is possible that a particular chemical might not be lethal on its own but mixing the chemical with another compounf might become lethal. Also consuming a chemical in large amount which is safe in moderate use can also affect adversly. So, although the chemicals used by the company might be safe the ratio in which they were used is also very important. This information is needed before making the decision.
So, although the conslusion of the argument sounds logical based on the proofs presented here but these conslusion is based on some flawed assumptions. This assumptions needs to be investigated before pulling the plug on the investigation of the pet food.
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- TOEFL T P O 43 - Integrated Writing Task 3
Comments
Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.0 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 22 15
No. of Words: 418 350
No. of Characters: 2035 1500
No. of Different Words: 171 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.522 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.868 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.544 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 149 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 105 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 76 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 47 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 19 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.325 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.455 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.304 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.529 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.079 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 222, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...icals found founded in the food sample. However the conclusion is based on several assu...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 100, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'did' requires the base form of the verb: 'state'
Suggestion: state
...d in the food were approved but did not stated the authority who approved the chemical...
^^^^^^
Line 5, column 406, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...ot always use the chemicals approved by a authority in a different country to be ...
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Line 7, column 67, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...on made by the author here that even if the the chemicals that were used wwere safe but...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 67, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...on made by the author here that even if the the chemicals that were used wwere safe but...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 468, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
...h another compounf might become lethal. Also consuming a chemical in large amount wh...
^^^^
Line 7, column 566, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[4]
Message: “So , although” 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.
... moderate use can also affect adversly. So, although the chemicals used by the company might...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 153, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: These
...on is based on some flawed assumptions. This assumptions needs to be investigated be...
^^^^
Line 9, column 170, Rule ID: AGREEMENT_SENT_START[1]
Message: You should probably use 'need'.
Suggestion: need
...me flawed assumptions. This assumptions needs to be investigated before pulling the p...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.6327345309 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.9520958084 69% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 11.1786427146 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 13.6137724551 110% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 28.8173652695 76% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 55.5748502994 79% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 16.3942115768 67% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2080.0 2260.96107784 92% => OK
No of words: 418.0 441.139720559 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.97607655502 5.12650576532 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.52162009685 4.56307096286 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61317181336 2.78398813304 94% => OK
Unique words: 173.0 204.123752495 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.413875598086 0.468620217663 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 662.4 705.55239521 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.96107784431 141% => OK
Article: 3.0 8.76447105788 34% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 19.7664670659 111% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 33.8306428655 57.8364921388 58% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 94.5454545455 119.503703932 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.0 23.324526521 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.18181818182 5.70786347227 56% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 9.0 5.25449101796 171% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.20758483034 122% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 6.88822355289 102% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.67664670659 107% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.210148567762 0.218282227539 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0668456994055 0.0743258471296 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.108782337618 0.0701772020484 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.14282482937 0.128457276422 111% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.107062389576 0.0628817314937 170% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 14.3799401198 80% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.3550499002 108% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.197005988 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.6 12.5979740519 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.68 8.32208582834 92% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 98.500998004 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 12.3882235529 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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