SuperCorp recently moved its headquarters to Corporateville. The recent surge in the number of homeowners in Corporateville proves that Corporateville is a superior place to live than Middlesburg, the home of SuperCorp's original headquarters. Moreover, Middlesburg is a predominately urban area and according to an employee survey, SuperCorp has determined that its workers prefer to live in an area that is not urban. Finally, Corporateville has lower taxes than Middlesburg, making it not only a safer place to work but also a cheaper one. Therefore, Supercorp clearly made the best decision.
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on the assumptions and what the implications are if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
The following argument is flawed because of the numerous reasons mentioned below. SuperCorp recently changed its headquarters to Corporateville on the notion that it's a better place to live in than Middlesburg, but the argument makes certain assumptions without providing the enough evidences.
The argument says that there is a recent surge in the number of homeowners in Corporateville, hence it's a good place to live in. But the fact that the recent surge in the number of homeowners might depend on a lot of factors like lets say the town might be providing a lot of employment opportunities or lets say the housing might be cheaper over there, but it clearly doesn't indicate that the surge in the number of homeowners is because its a better place to live in.
The argument says that as per an employee survey, SuperCorp ha determined that its workers prefer to live in an area that is not urban. It doesn't clearly indicate what is the result of the survey, or what percentage of people don't like to live in urban area.
The argument also says that since Corporateville has lower taxes its not only a safer place but also a cheaper place. First of all the argument assumes that Corporateville is a safer place to work with no clear evidences to support this claim. Also the argument doesn't mention what are the factors they are considering in order to decide that the city is cheap. A city may be cheap in terms of taxes but then housing cost might be expensive making it an expensive city.
Overall the agrument doesn't clearly provide the evidence for its claims. Hence Supercorp's decision wasn't a good one!! May the force be with Supercorp.
Comments
Essay evaluation report
argument 1 -- OK
argument 2 -- not OK. This survey is only about workers where to live, not about where to work.
argument 3 -- OK
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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: 13 15
No. of Words: 294 350
No. of Characters: 1340 1500
No. of Different Words: 133 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.141 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.558 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.678 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 82 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 63 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 42 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 27 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 22.615 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 14.145 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.692 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.36 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.603 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.122 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 164, Rule ID: IT_IS[17]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...rs to Corporateville on the notion that its a better place to live in than Middlesb...
^^^
Line 3, column 101, Rule ID: IT_IS[17]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
... of homeowners in Corporateville, hence its a good place to live in. But the fact t...
^^^
Line 3, column 305, Rule ID: LETS_LET[1]
Message: Did you mean 'Let's'?
Suggestion: Let's
...ng a lot of employment opportunities or lets say the housing might be cheaper over t...
^^^^
Line 3, column 370, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...t be cheaper over there, but it clearly doesnt indicate that the surge in the number o...
^^^^^^
Line 3, column 440, Rule ID: IT_IS[17]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
... in the number of homeowners is because its a better place to live in. The argumen...
^^^
Line 4, column 139, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...o live in an area that is not urban. It doesnt clearly indicate what is the result of ...
^^^^^^
Line 4, column 226, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...he survey, or what percentage of people dont like to live in urban area. The arg...
^^^^
Line 6, column 245, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
... clear evidences to support this claim. Also the argument doesnt mention what are th...
^^^^
Line 6, column 263, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...o support this claim. Also the argument doesnt mention what are the factors they are c...
^^^^^^
Line 8, column 22, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...xpensive city. Overall the agrument doesnt clearly provide the evidence for its cl...
^^^^^^
Line 8, column 74, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...ly provide the evidence for its claims. Hence Supercorps decision wasnt a good one!! ...
^^^^^
Line 8, column 100, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: wasn't
...r its claims. Hence Supercorps decision wasnt a good one!! May the force be with Supe...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, may, so, then, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 19.6327345309 71% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.9520958084 46% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 11.1786427146 63% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 13.6137724551 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 28.8173652695 76% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 55.5748502994 74% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 16.3942115768 67% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1370.0 2260.96107784 61% => OK
No of words: 288.0 441.139720559 65% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.75694444444 5.12650576532 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.11953428781 4.56307096286 90% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69354939315 2.78398813304 97% => OK
Unique words: 133.0 204.123752495 65% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.461805555556 0.468620217663 99% => OK
syllable_count: 436.5 705.55239521 62% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 4.96107784431 20% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.70958083832 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.67365269461 239% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 0.0 4.22255489022 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 19.7664670659 61% => 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: 24.0 22.8473053892 105% => OK
Sentence length SD: 70.5856453773 57.8364921388 122% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.166666667 119.503703932 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0 23.324526521 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.33333333333 5.70786347227 76% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 12.0 5.25449101796 228% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.20758483034 61% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.67664670659 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.285413035413 0.218282227539 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.106440143954 0.0743258471296 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.110883062438 0.0701772020484 158% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.156437828216 0.128457276422 122% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0818369050002 0.0628817314937 130% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 14.3799401198 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 48.3550499002 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.197005988 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.62 12.5979740519 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.84 8.32208582834 94% => OK
difficult_words: 55.0 98.500998004 56% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 12.3882235529 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.1389221557 104% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => 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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