A recently issued twenty year study on headaches suffered by the residents of Mentia investigated the possible therapeutic effect of consuming salicylates Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin a medicine used to treat headaches Al

The argument predicts that the residents of Mentia will suffer even fewer headaches than it does now, due to increase in commercial usage of salicylates. Several questions need to be answered in order to evaluate the credibility of this prediction.

Firstly, the passage does not mention any details about the medical history of the study participants, did they have a history of headaches before? if not not then it may be the case that fewer headaches were reported because the study participants never had much of a problem with headaches in the first place.

Another important detail not mentioned in the passage is if the study participants are on any medication, if the participant were to be consuming medication which contained drugs like aspirin then the reduced headaches could be in result of that.

The details of the population of the study participants is also unknown to us, was it a large enough group to consider the data universal for Mentia, were the participants from varied localities and economic backgrounds, all these details significantly affect the conclusions derived from the study.

The passage also mentions that many foods are naturally rich in salicylates, if this is the case then it is unclear whether consumption of salicylate accounts for the perceived decrease in number of headaches, if it was always naturally present if many foods then headaches would have been low to begin with, hence it might be the case that these two trends have little or no relation to each other.

In conclusion, the prediction that residenta of Mentia will suffer fewer headaches as commercial usage of salicylates increases overlooks many gaps in information and fails to answer key questions regarding the prediction , hence it may not be very likely that the prediction is near to the truth.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 149, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...hey have a history of headaches before? if not not then it may be the case that fe...
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Line 3, column 152, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: not
... have a history of headaches before? if not not then it may be the case that fewer head...
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Line 9, column 275, Rule ID: IF_WOULD_HAVE_VBN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'had been'?
Suggestion: had been
...ly present if many foods then headaches would have been low to begin with, hence it might be th...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 11, column 222, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...r key questions regarding the prediction , hence it may not be very likely that th...
^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, hence, if, look, may, regarding, so, then, in conclusion, to begin with, in the first place

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.6327345309 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.9520958084 62% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 11.1786427146 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 13.6137724551 59% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 20.0 28.8173652695 69% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 55.5748502994 74% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 16.3942115768 73% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1529.0 2260.96107784 68% => OK
No of words: 298.0 441.139720559 68% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.13087248322 5.12650576532 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.15483772266 4.56307096286 91% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88434732892 2.78398813304 104% => OK
Unique words: 160.0 204.123752495 78% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.536912751678 0.468620217663 115% => OK
syllable_count: 487.8 705.55239521 69% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 4.96107784431 0% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 8.0 19.7664670659 40% => 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: 37.0 22.8473053892 162% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 95.9488796183 57.8364921388 166% => OK
Chars per sentence: 191.125 119.503703932 160% => OK
Words per sentence: 37.25 23.324526521 160% => OK
Discourse Markers: 14.125 5.70786347227 247% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.25449101796 76% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 8.20758483034 12% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 6.88822355289 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.159029617015 0.218282227539 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0732972750415 0.0743258471296 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0408488809015 0.0701772020484 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0833772401954 0.128457276422 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0317306018081 0.0628817314937 50% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 21.4 14.3799401198 149% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 33.92 48.3550499002 70% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.1628742515 156% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 17.7 12.197005988 145% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.07 12.5979740519 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.29 8.32208582834 112% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 98.500998004 73% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 16.8 11.1389221557 151% => 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.

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 149, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...hey have a history of headaches before? if not not then it may be the case that fe...
^^
Line 3, column 152, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: not
... have a history of headaches before? if not not then it may be the case that fewer head...
^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 275, Rule ID: IF_WOULD_HAVE_VBN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'had been'?
Suggestion: had been
...ly present if many foods then headaches would have been low to begin with, hence it might be th...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 11, column 222, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...r key questions regarding the prediction , hence it may not be very likely that th...
^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, hence, if, look, may, regarding, so, then, in conclusion, to begin with, in the first place

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.6327345309 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.9520958084 62% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 11.1786427146 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 13.6137724551 59% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 20.0 28.8173652695 69% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 55.5748502994 74% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 16.3942115768 73% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1529.0 2260.96107784 68% => OK
No of words: 298.0 441.139720559 68% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.13087248322 5.12650576532 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.15483772266 4.56307096286 91% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88434732892 2.78398813304 104% => OK
Unique words: 160.0 204.123752495 78% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.536912751678 0.468620217663 115% => OK
syllable_count: 487.8 705.55239521 69% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 4.96107784431 0% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 8.0 19.7664670659 40% => 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: 37.0 22.8473053892 162% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 95.9488796183 57.8364921388 166% => OK
Chars per sentence: 191.125 119.503703932 160% => OK
Words per sentence: 37.25 23.324526521 160% => OK
Discourse Markers: 14.125 5.70786347227 247% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.25449101796 76% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 8.20758483034 12% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 6.88822355289 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.159029617015 0.218282227539 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0732972750415 0.0743258471296 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0408488809015 0.0701772020484 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0833772401954 0.128457276422 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0317306018081 0.0628817314937 50% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 21.4 14.3799401198 149% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 33.92 48.3550499002 70% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.1628742515 156% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 17.7 12.197005988 145% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.07 12.5979740519 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.29 8.32208582834 112% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 98.500998004 73% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 16.8 11.1389221557 151% => 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.