Reading and lecture are debating whether or not a four-day workweek would be beneficial for all the parts involved, namely the company, the employees and the whole economy. On the one hand, the writer states that this schedule offers numerous advantages, providing three reasons of support. However, the lecturer casts doubt on the claims made by the writer, saying that his arguments are somewhat inaccurate when compared to real facts.
The companies will not register higher profits, because they have to invest in other aspects. First, these companies have to hire new people, and this implies enormous costs such as new expenditures for training and medical benefits. Even though the employees work only four days a week, their medical assurances have the same value. In addition, more employees require more space, more computers, and more equipment, and all these costs affect the companies' revenues. In other words, new employees drag on new investments, and this aspect gainsays the passage's idea.
To continue, since hiring new individual is a very costly process, the companies will start to overwork the current employees, and most probably the latter ones would be required to perform the same amount of work in four days. Therefore, there would be no newcomers, and this means that the unemployment rate does not change.
Last but not the least, the employees' life quality is going to degrade continuously because of a less stable workplace. The writer asserts that the staff's living standards increase because they are able to spend more time with the loved ones, and doing activities they enjoy. Anyway, the speaker refutes this by adding that their chances to advance in career are diminished because of this schedule. The senior management prefers to choose people they can rely on, and who can be present at work for five days a week. This is because they need persons to supervise the companies' activities on a full norm.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 34, Rule ID: WHETHER[7]
Message: Perhaps you can shorten this phrase to just 'whether'. It is correct though if you mean 'regardless of whether'.
Suggestion: whether
Reading and lecture are debating whether or not a four-day workweek would be beneficial...
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Line 3, column 554, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'passages'' or 'passage's'?
Suggestion: passages'; passage's
...vestments, and this aspect gainsays the passages idea. To continue, since hiring new ...
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Line 7, column 29, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'employees'' or 'employee's'?
Suggestion: employees'; employee's
... change. Last but not the least, the employees life quality is going to degrade contin...
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Line 7, column 441, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to people'
Suggestion: to people
...The senior management prefers to choose people they can rely on, and who can be presen...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
anyway, but, first, however, if, so, therefore, in addition, such as, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1636.0 1373.03311258 119% => OK
No of words: 319.0 270.72406181 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.12852664577 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.22617688928 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50581815292 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 191.0 145.348785872 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.598746081505 0.540411800872 111% => OK
syllable_count: 495.9 419.366225166 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 8.0 1.51434878587 528% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 35.4409681333 49.2860985944 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.066666667 110.228320801 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.2666666667 21.698381199 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.6 7.06452816374 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.43755016067 0.272083759551 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.120493373586 0.0996497079465 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0844792624757 0.0662205650399 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.231125111816 0.162205337803 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0389545926608 0.0443174109184 88% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.47 12.2367328918 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.38 8.42419426049 111% => OK
difficult_words: 95.0 63.6247240618 149% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27 Out of 30
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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.