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On behalf of everyone here in Ketner Springs, welcome to our blossoming community. We trust that you will find that Ketner Springs is the ideal place to locate your business, on account of our renowned transportation system and our award-winning parks and recreation department. Families love living here, as our schools have the lowest student-to-teacher ratio in the state and our restaurants boast more kiddie menu options than you can find anywhere in the country. If you need a place to locate your business or open a new office or factory, you'll find the perfect locale here in Ketner Springs.
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
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The author states that Ketner springs is a an ideal place for establishing business owing to its renowned transportation system, recreation facilities, good schools and family friendly neighborhood. Stated in this way the argument is both flawed and unconvincing. The author highlights factors that are not important for business but rather showcases the family-friendly side of Ketner springs. An argument addressing a corporate conference should emphasize the factors conducive to business environment and infrastructure support that ensure smooth running of an industry.
First, the author states that Ketner Springs is the ideal place to locate business, on account of renowned transportation system and recreation department. The author makes an assumption that all businesses involve transportation, which is a flaw in itself. There are industries like service industry, in which transportation does not play a role at all. Moreover, the author highlights the recreation department as an entity associated with core business activity. While, recreation is necessary for a balanced life, it is neither mandatory for business not does it make a place ideal for business or business activities.
Secondly, a major chunk of the authors argument revolves around family, children, their schools and lifestyle. He assumes that a place conducive to family life is the ideal business locale, thereby ignoring important criteria like special economic zones, tax incentives, good manpower, uninterrupted electricity etc. He ignores the fact that once successful business are setup, all these other factors should get naturally established owing to the demand.
Thus, the argument is both vague and unconvincing as the author does not touch on factors important for a business environment, rather, he focuses on portraying Ketner Springs as a family oriented place, good for a relaxed life and ripe for settling down.
On behalf of everyone here in Ketner Springs, welcome to our blossoming community. We trust that you will find that Ketner Springs is the ideal place to locate your business, on account of our renowned transportation system and our award-winning parks and recreation department. Families love living here, as our schools have the lowest student-to-teacher ratio in the state and our restaurants boast more kiddie menu options than you can find anywhere in the country. If you need a place to locate your business or open a new office or factory, you'll find the perfect locale here in Ketner Springs.
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
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The author states that Ketner springs is a an ideal place for establishing business owing to its renowned transportation system, recreation facilities, good schools and family friendly neighborhood. Stated in this way the argument is both flawed and unconvincing. The author highlights factors that are not important for business but rather showcases the family-friendly side of Ketner springs. An argument addressing a corporate conference should emphasize the factors conducive to business environment and infrastructure support that ensure smooth running of an industry.
First, the author states that Ketner Springs is the ideal place to locate business, on account of renowned transportation system and recreation department. The author makes an assumption that all businesses involve transportation, which is a flaw in itself. There are industries like service industry, in which transportation does not play a role at all. Moreover, the author highlights the recreation department as an entity associated with core business activity. While, recreation is necessary for a balanced life, it is neither mandatory for business not does it make a place ideal for business or business activities.
Secondly, a major chunk of the authors argument revolves around family, children, their schools and lifestyle. He assumes that a place conducive to family life is the ideal business locale, thereby ignoring important criteria like special economic zones, tax incentives, good manpower, uninterrupted electricity etc. He ignores the fact that once successful business are setup, all these other factors should get naturally established owing to the demand.
Thus, the argument is both vague and unconvincing as the author does not touch on factors important for a business environment, rather, he focuses on portraying Ketner Springs as a family oriented place, good for a relaxed life and ripe for settling down.
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Hey,
I think your argument is well reasoned, but it is considerably shorter than the recommended length of 500+ words. An extra body paragraph would easily lift the eventual rating from about 4-4.5(which I guess this would get), to 5-6. Best of luck!
I think your argument is well reasoned, but it is considerably shorter than the recommended length of 500+ words. An extra body paragraph would easily lift the eventual rating from about 4-4.5(which I guess this would get), to 5-6. Best of luck!
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In this argument, the author makes several assumptions about what facilities are best for a business to be successful in Ketner Springs. He states that Ketner Springs is the ideal place to locate a business, on account of renowned transportation system and recreational facilities. The author fails to consider the type of businesses that are looking to establish their branches in the region. He fails to provide information regarding the economic factors, such as tax incentives, growth rate and so on, that could benefit the businesses. On the contrary he talks about the facilities that families enjoy in ketner springs which may or may not be helpful for a business firm in making their decision.
Firstly, the author states that renowned transportation system and award winning recreational facilities are the reasons why one should set up his business in Ketner Springs. In this reasoning he fails to consider the type of business entities that have come for the conference. For example, a company which pioneers in the field of theme parks may fail to succeed in Ketner Springs as it already has the best parks and recreation department. Therefore the author needs to gather more information about the members of the conference and give them relevant information.
Secondly, the assumption that the student-to-teacher ratio in Ketner Springs is good has no substantive evidence. It may very well be possible that the ratio in Ketner springs is marginally lower than that in the state. The state itself may have a very high ratio as compared to that of the country. Hence, statistics giving the details of these ratios in different regions would be more helpful in evaluating the authors argument. He also talks about there being more kiddie menu options than anywhere in the country but does not provide any information about the quality of food that is served.
Finally, the author concludes by saying Ketner springs is the perfect place to establish a new office or a factory. However this claim goes against the community if the factory to be established is coal intense or an oil refinery. This would mean harm to the entire community and would cause severe environmental problems in the community. The mayor, overlooking this potential hazard, puts the future of the community in jeopardy.
In conclusion, the author needs to provide more substantive evidence as to why the community is the best place for all the businesses. Similarly a more background in formation about the type of conference and the type of people who attended it would be helpful in evaluating the Mayor's claims further. Moreover, if the conference was about setting up new homes and shopping malls, then the given details about the community are likely to be enough for the businessmen. Hence more information regarding the various business looking for a place would be helpful.
I would be grateful if anyone could rate this essay
Firstly, the author states that renowned transportation system and award winning recreational facilities are the reasons why one should set up his business in Ketner Springs. In this reasoning he fails to consider the type of business entities that have come for the conference. For example, a company which pioneers in the field of theme parks may fail to succeed in Ketner Springs as it already has the best parks and recreation department. Therefore the author needs to gather more information about the members of the conference and give them relevant information.
Secondly, the assumption that the student-to-teacher ratio in Ketner Springs is good has no substantive evidence. It may very well be possible that the ratio in Ketner springs is marginally lower than that in the state. The state itself may have a very high ratio as compared to that of the country. Hence, statistics giving the details of these ratios in different regions would be more helpful in evaluating the authors argument. He also talks about there being more kiddie menu options than anywhere in the country but does not provide any information about the quality of food that is served.
Finally, the author concludes by saying Ketner springs is the perfect place to establish a new office or a factory. However this claim goes against the community if the factory to be established is coal intense or an oil refinery. This would mean harm to the entire community and would cause severe environmental problems in the community. The mayor, overlooking this potential hazard, puts the future of the community in jeopardy.
In conclusion, the author needs to provide more substantive evidence as to why the community is the best place for all the businesses. Similarly a more background in formation about the type of conference and the type of people who attended it would be helpful in evaluating the Mayor's claims further. Moreover, if the conference was about setting up new homes and shopping malls, then the given details about the community are likely to be enough for the businessmen. Hence more information regarding the various business looking for a place would be helpful.
I would be grateful if anyone could rate this essay
