The best test of an argument is the argument's ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
Surely, if a valid argument is able to convince a reasonable person with an opposing view point, the argument must be warranted and persuasive and if it is not able to convince that person then it could be lacking in evidences and information. A reasonable person might think any argument that is able to convince any person with opposite view point is undeniably thorough and cogent. However, it might turn out to be opposite in case the statement does not hold true as someone with less judgement ability could be convinced by a fraud argument or in other case if the argument is obviously valid. Thus, the best test of an argument need not necessarily be its ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
The statements assumption is that someone gainsaying an argument is necessarily reasonable or that the argument is controversial enough to have opposing viewpoints. However, if the person is opposing with no persuasive reasons then it will be easier to convince that person. For example, an illiterate person has a view point that PQR real estate agents are better and is presented with an argument that XYZ real estate agents are better than PQR real estate agents because they are experienced in construction since 5 years and are charge less fees than PQR, it will be easier to convince that person with the argument by just few unwarranted reasons without empirical evidences showing the quality of construction they provide. The person might not be able to analyze and question if they lack in knowledge of a particular argument, but that doesn’t mean that someone with astute judgements could be convinced by this argument. After all, it completely depends on the person having the opposing point of view.
In contrast to the statement, one might as well argue that the argument could be a fraud that mentions bogus evidences and convinces someone even with opposing point of view. However, that doesn’t change the fact that the argument is fallacious. For example, in case where a fraudulent company presents a bogus XYZ product to an astute customer deterring its purchase but nonetheless convinces the customer by answering questions and providing fake evidences. Here the customer is beguiled by unethical arguments. Convincing someone with unethical evidences does not mean that the argument is great or warranted. Thus, the statement also depends on the argument’s validity itself.
However, if an argument is valid and is able to convince a person with sharp judgements then the statement might hold true. For example, a business manager trying to convince the book store owner for children’s book space which the owner is opposing due to lack of schools near the store. In this case the owner is not considering the other possibilities that could bring children to their store. If the business manager provides adequate reasons and evidences such as having a children’s day care or any children’s hospital nearby or maybe a populated residential area with additional evidences proving the demand for children’s books by the customers might convince the owner and the argument could prove to be cogent on the manager’s side. Although, in this case the person with opposing viewpoint is convinced this does not hold true in other cases.
An argument depends on the evidences and information presented in favor of a topic. Someone with an opposing view might or not hold their perspective due to lack of insightful thinking or information about the topic on which the argument is based. It would therefore be easier or difficult or in variable cases to convince someone depending on the person and the argument itself. A person holding an opposite view also presents an argument and hence, their viewpoint should also be presented as a cogent case to hold the statement true. Therefore, convincing someone with an opposing viewpoint is not the best way to test an argument.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 5, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'statements'' or 'statement's'?
Suggestion: statements'; statement's
...one with an opposing viewpoint. The statements assumption is that someone gainsaying a...
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Line 3, column 43, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[6]
Message: 'He' in subjunctive clause must be used base form of the verb: 'gainsay'.
Suggestion: gainsay
...e statements assumption is that someone gainsaying an argument is necessarily reasonable o...
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Line 5, column 252, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...e fact that the argument is fallacious. For example, in case where a fraudulent ...
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Line 7, column 769, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “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.
...o be cogent on the manager's side. Although, in this case the person with opposing ...
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Line 9, column 332, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'someone' must be used with a third-person verb: 'depends'.
Suggestion: depends
...r in variable cases to convince someone depending on the person and the argument itself. ...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...s not the best way to test an argument.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, however, if, may, nonetheless, so, then, therefore, thus, well, after all, for example, in contrast, such as, in contrast to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 37.0 19.5258426966 189% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 19.0 12.4196629213 153% => OK
Conjunction : 26.0 14.8657303371 175% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 77.0 58.6224719101 131% => OK
Nominalization: 36.0 12.9106741573 279% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3311.0 2235.4752809 148% => OK
No of words: 647.0 442.535393258 146% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.11746522411 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.04343084457 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88544838681 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 230.0 215.323595506 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.355486862442 0.4932671777 72% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1043.1 704.065955056 148% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 10.0 4.99550561798 200% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 89.8037861117 60.3974514979 149% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.44 118.986275619 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.88 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.68 5.21951772744 109% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 5.13820224719 234% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.334200492794 0.243740707755 137% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.136361371152 0.0831039109588 164% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0959449470233 0.0758088955206 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.236480930964 0.150359130593 157% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0582074623684 0.0667264976115 87% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.6 14.1392134831 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.71 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.61 8.38706741573 91% => OK
difficult_words: 112.0 100.480337079 111% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 19.0 11.8971910112 160% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => 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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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.