Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, a medicine used to treat headaches. Although many foods are naturally rich in salicylates, for the past several decades, food-processing companies have also been adding salicylates to foods as preservatives. This rise in the commercial use of salicylates has been found to correlate with a steady decline in the average number of headaches reported by participants in our twenty-year study. Recently, food-processing companies have found that salicylates can also be used as flavor additives for foods. With this new use for salicylates, we can expect a continued steady decline in the number of headaches suffered by the average citizen of Mentia."
It is no doubts that with the recent integration of salicylates in modern medicinology for reducing headaches has been a great achievement. However, the debate presented by the author in integrating salicylates in food to reduce headaches is not satisfactory. Rather, some arguments lack proper coherence and seem unconvincable. It is completely natural that the food-processing want to enhance their product and this would make an eye-catching advertisement, but the argument seem too fragile to properly merit the situation.
At first the author assumes that salicylates are compatible with all sorts of food for their quality of preserving that food. The author mistakes to address the fact that not all may be compatible with salicylates. It may backfire in some cases, while on the other the taste and quality may not remain the same. There are different types of preservatives in the market and they are used in different manner. We do not pickle everything, and even after pickling a certain food the taste turns different which may not be appealing to a wide variety of people.
Moreover, the report that has been stated by the author may not have accounted for the other ingredients that have been present in those foods which have somehow influenced the reduction of headaches. There are many other nutrients and ingredients that play a role in maintaining a good physical and mental health. It cannot be concluded right away that salicylates may be the only food ingredient that can reduce the headaches.
Finally, the author points out that with increased use of of salicylates can reduce the number of headaches signifanctly in average. However, headaches can be caused by multiple factors. Even if we can agree to the fact that salicylates goes properly with the food and the consumer likes the taste, it still does not ensure that this is the ultimate cure for the headaches. Different diseases like migrane and insomnias can cause headaches, and that may not be cured by eating foods abundant with salicylates. Thus, it cannot be properly ensured that adding salicylates to foods will reduce headaches.
It is clear that salicylates definetly has some potential as a preservative and even curing headaches to some extent. Some food-processing companies might thus, take the step and add salicylates in their foods. However, the author’s argument is rife with fallacies that do not make a proper case for adding salicylates in foods.
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Comments
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: 20 15
No. of Words: 400 350
No. of Characters: 2012 1500
No. of Different Words: 190 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.472 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.03 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.857 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 137 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 101 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 81 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 64 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 20 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.841 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.75 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.327 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.543 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.115 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 56, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: of
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, may, moreover, so, still, thus, while, no doubt, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.6327345309 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.9520958084 131% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 11.1786427146 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 13.6137724551 140% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 28.8173652695 115% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 55.5748502994 79% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 16.3942115768 55% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2069.0 2260.96107784 92% => OK
No of words: 400.0 441.139720559 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.1725 5.12650576532 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.472135955 4.56307096286 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95020232357 2.78398813304 106% => OK
Unique words: 189.0 204.123752495 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.4725 0.468620217663 101% => OK
syllable_count: 658.8 705.55239521 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 4.96107784431 161% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.67365269461 179% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 19.7664670659 101% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.3383293846 57.8364921388 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.45 119.503703932 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0 23.324526521 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.8 5.70786347227 84% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.25449101796 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.20758483034 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 6.88822355289 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.67664670659 171% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.315787749145 0.218282227539 145% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105172969499 0.0743258471296 142% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0747364638688 0.0701772020484 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.192520090297 0.128457276422 150% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0327776191628 0.0628817314937 52% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 14.3799401198 90% => 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: 12.71 12.5979740519 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.18 8.32208582834 98% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 98.500998004 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 12.3882235529 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.9071856287 109% => 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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