The reading and the lecture both discuss about whether or not dinosaurs are endotherms, which are animals with stable body temperatures. While the article argues that dinosaurs are endotherms since they have several characteristics that belong to this type, the lecturer refutes this, stating such characteristics do not prove that dinosaurs possess endothermy.
First of all, the passage claims that dinosaur fossils have been found in Polar Regions, which have severely cold climates. This suggests that the dinosaurs must have been able to maintain warm body temperatures in order to survive in such areas. The lecturer opposes this idea by stating that during the time of the dinosaurs, Polar Regions were actually warm enough for animals to live there for most parts of the year. In addition, she believes that dinosaurs could have migrated to other regions or hibernated during the cold seasons. Thus, the fact that dinosaur fossils were discovered in these regions does not suggest that dinosaurs are endotherms.
Secondly, the reading states that dinosaurs' legs are underneath the body, just like many endortherms. It is noted that since endothermy is connected to efficient running, which required such a position, the legs' position of the dinosaurs show that they are endotherms. The lecturer rebuts this argument by saying that dinousaurs' legs were in that position not for the purpose of increasing running ability. She states that dinosaurs' legs are underneath their bodies so that these animals can evolve to very large size with the legs supporting their weight, which was advantageous in many ways.
Finally, the article argues dinosaurs have the Haversian canals, the bone structures that most endortherms have. The author explains that these bones allow dinosaurs to grow large, which is a common characteristic of endotherms. However, the lecturer posits that dinosaurs' bones also indicated growth rings. According to her, such rings showed that dinosaurs' development in terms of their size was not constant and the dinosaurs stopped developing or grew slowly during months when the temperatures were very cold. Therefore, the point made in the passage was irrelevant.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 48, 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
...ding and the lecture both discuss about whether or not dinosaurs are endotherms, which are ani...
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Line 7, column 350, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'dinosaurs'' or 'dinosaur's'?
Suggestion: dinosaurs'; dinosaur's
...ccording to her, such rings showed that dinosaurs development in terms of their size was ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, finally, first, however, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, while, in addition, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 10.4613686534 182% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 26.0 12.0772626932 215% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 37.0 22.412803532 165% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 38.0 30.3222958057 125% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1854.0 1373.03311258 135% => OK
No of words: 343.0 270.72406181 127% => OK
Chars per words: 5.40524781341 5.08290768461 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.30351707066 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6878284538 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 145.348785872 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.518950437318 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 566.1 419.366225166 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.7449550663 49.2860985944 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.875 110.228320801 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.4375 21.698381199 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.3125 7.06452816374 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.506598087258 0.272083759551 186% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.170793449964 0.0996497079465 171% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0605233572692 0.0662205650399 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.309015041023 0.162205337803 191% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0384026900967 0.0443174109184 87% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.8 13.3589403974 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 53.8541721854 77% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.0289183223 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.1 12.2367328918 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.5 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 63.6247240618 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => 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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