TPO 53 Writing Integrated
Many countries require cigarette smokers to pay particularly high taxes on their purchases of cigarettes; similar taxes are being considered for unhealthy foods. The policy of imposing high taxes on cigarettes and other unhealthy products has a number of social benefits.
The reading passage discusses several advantages of imposing high taxes on cigarettes and other unhealthy food products. However, the lecturer finds the ideas dubious and casts doubt on the reasons provided by the reading passage.
First, the author claims that the rise in taxes would discourage people from buying cigarettes and unhealthy food and beverages. Conversely, the lecturer brings up the idea that this action doesn't necessarily lead to healthier lifestyles. Some smokers may start buying cheaper and lower-quality cigarettes which in fact causes them to even get more severe problems. Moreover, considering high taxes for unhealthy food could not be beneficial as well since some people may continue consuming such products in spite of their high price. As a result, they won't have much money to spend on healthy food.
Furthermore, the reading holds the view that imposing such taxes are financially fair since the extra taxed provide extra income for covering the medical costs of people who follow unhealthy habits. On the contrary, the professor underlines the fact that although covering the medical costs seems a plausible idea, this idea seems unfair for some people. Since the taxes are equal for all people, this will put a lot of pressure on the people who don't have much income.
Finally, the reading passage states that the high rate of taxation could provide revenue for the government which could be used for other projects that affect public welfare. In contrast, the speaker dismisses the issue due to the fact that this plan actually causes the government to become dependent on such taxes. As a result, more restrictions and radical changes will be made by the government, including the prohibition of smoking in places that smokers are currently allowed to smoke. And these restrictions would become more and more since the government doesn't want to lose this income.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 191, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...rer brings up the idea that this action doesnt necessarily lead to healthier lifestyle...
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Line 5, column 448, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...put a lot of pressure on the people who dont have much income. Finally, the readi...
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Line 7, column 564, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...come more and more since the government doesnt want to lose this income.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, conversely, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, may, moreover, so, well, in contrast, in fact, as a result, in spite of, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 10.4613686534 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1604.0 1373.03311258 117% => OK
No of words: 307.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.22475570033 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18585898806 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.5326188502 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 145.348785872 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.534201954397 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 487.8 419.366225166 116% => 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: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.5847819547 49.2860985944 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.571428571 110.228320801 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9285714286 21.698381199 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.8571428571 7.06452816374 154% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.264841189241 0.272083759551 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0887766118864 0.0996497079465 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.103318441011 0.0662205650399 156% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.165569296472 0.162205337803 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0640235156897 0.0443174109184 144% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.1 13.3589403974 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.0 12.2367328918 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.48 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 63.6247240618 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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