The following appeared in the Health section of the Greenhorne Gazette.
"Motilac is a substance that occurs naturally in the human digestive tract. Many consumers of dietary supplements containing motilac report significant easing of digestive discomfort after just a few weeks of use. Among Greenhorne residents, the consumption of motilac supplements has increased 80% over the last seven years. Last year, Greenhorne's five hospitals reported fewer cases of serious gastrointestinal disorders than any year on record. Meanwhile, sales of motilac supplements are declining in the neighboring town of Etolin. Notably, hospitals in Etolin report a steady increase in the last two years in patients experiencing a wide range of distressing gastrointestinal symptoms. The clear explanation of these trends is that motilac is effective in preventing many serious gastrointestinal disorders."
Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.
In the above memo, the author argues that motilac substances consumptions have a direct beneficial effect on preventing gastrointestinal disorder. The author supports his argument based on the reports of 5 hospitals which found a steady decline in the number of cases of gastrointestinal disorders after motilac consumption had increased among Greenhorne’s residents. Furthermore, the author strengthens his argument based on the report which states that after dwindling motilac substances consumption the number of gastrointestinal symptoms has dilated. However, before evaluating the author’s argument three unstated assumptions need to be answered.
Firstly, the author bolsters his argument regarding motilac effectiveness in preventing gastrointestinal disorders based on the reports of the consumers of dietary supplements which contains motilac without providing any admissible evidence. There is a possibility that the main ingredient of dietary supplements is honey. Perhaps motilac alone is not beneficial for health but motilac with honey actually is effective for preventing gastrointestinal problems. If the above scenario is true then the author’s argument holds no water. If the author is able to provide more evidence regarding the ingredients of the dietary supplements then it will be possible to evaluate the author’s argument to a certain extent.
Secondly, the author bastions his argument based on the report which states that after proliferating the consumption of motilac substance among the residents, the number of cases of gastrointestinal disorder decreased significantly without any necessitate evidence. Perhaps most people stayed home if they suffer from a minor gastrointestinal disorder. Maybe the number of serious gastrointestinal disorders has mounted more than before after motilac consumption. The author does not provide any evidence to rectify his claim. If the author is able to provide more evidence perhaps in a statistical data chart of the patients of the 5 hospitals then it will be credible to evaluate the author’s argument otherwise the author’s argument is seriously unwarranted.
Thirdly, the author states that the declining number of motilac consumption has a direct effect on increasing astrological symptoms without any justifiable evidence. There is a possibility that poor water consumption is the main reason for the aggrandizing number of cases. In other words, maybe motilac consumption does not have any connection with the increase in cases of gastrointestinal symptoms then the author's argument is built unreliably. If the author is able to provide more evidence perhaps in the form of a systematic research study regarding the cause of the accretion of gastrointestinal disorder then it will be conceivable to evaluate the author’s claim.
In the conclusion, as the author’s argument stands now is seriously unwarranted due to its reliance on several unwarranted assumptions. If the author is able to clarify the three unseated assumptions above and offer more evidence(perhaps in the form of a systematic research study ) then, it will be possible to evaluate the viability of the proposed recommendation that motilac consumption is effective in preventing many gastrointestinal problems.
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Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.0 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 7 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 8 2
No. of Sentences: 20 15
No. of Words: 482 350
No. of Characters: 2736 1500
No. of Different Words: 179 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.686 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.676 4.6
Word Length SD: 3.354 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 221 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 184 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 145 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 87 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 24.1 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.163 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.65 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.423 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.423 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.137 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 462, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “If” 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.
...r preventing gastrointestinal problems. If the above scenario is true then the aut...
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Message: “If” 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.
...n the author’s argument holds no water. If the author is able to provide more evid...
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Line 4, column 411, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...s of gastrointestinal symptoms then the authors argument is built unreliably. If the au...
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Message: “If” 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.
...e authors argument is built unreliably. If the author is able to provide more evid...
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Line 5, column 279, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... the form of a systematic research study then, it will be possible to evaluate th...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, may, regarding, second, secondly, so, then, third, thirdly, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.6327345309 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.9520958084 39% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 11.1786427146 18% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 13.6137724551 81% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 28.8173652695 62% => OK
Preposition: 71.0 55.5748502994 128% => OK
Nominalization: 31.0 16.3942115768 189% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2789.0 2260.96107784 123% => OK
No of words: 482.0 441.139720559 109% => OK
Chars per words: 5.78630705394 5.12650576532 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.68556276237 4.56307096286 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.43204261529 2.78398813304 123% => OK
Unique words: 185.0 204.123752495 91% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.383817427386 0.468620217663 82% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 877.5 705.55239521 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59920159681 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 4.96107784431 20% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.76447105788 91% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 2.70958083832 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.22255489022 95% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 19.7664670659 101% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 22.8473053892 105% => OK
Sentence length SD: 68.933736298 57.8364921388 119% => OK
Chars per sentence: 139.45 119.503703932 117% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.1 23.324526521 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.55 5.70786347227 115% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.25449101796 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.20758483034 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 13.0 6.88822355289 189% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.67664670659 64% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.121651098878 0.218282227539 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.051158974779 0.0743258471296 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0527141979312 0.0701772020484 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0848738605589 0.128457276422 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0500456314515 0.0628817314937 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.9 14.3799401198 124% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 30.2 48.3550499002 62% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.197005988 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.6 12.5979740519 132% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.27 8.32208582834 99% => OK
difficult_words: 105.0 98.500998004 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => 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: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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