The author of the passage believes that the vessels in the ancient times were not used as electric batteries. He gives some reasons for his belief. But the professor contradicts with him on her lecture and goes againts each reason the author gives.
First reason the author gives is that there is no evidence of something like metal wires to show that vessels use as batteries. The professor opposes this reason by explaining that there might be some other stuffs like wires which has been discovered by people before archeologists discovere there, and people picked them so archeologists couldn't find. So the abscence of wires or etc doen't mean they didn't exist.
Another reason the author claims is the copper cylinders inside the jars look like those discovered in seleucia which there have been used for something else rather than generating electricity The professor on the other hand this is possible that they were designed similarly.
The last reason the author posits is that ancient people didn't even need the electricity beause they had no electric devices. The professor on contray gives examples to show there might be several reasons of using electricity by ancient people. First they might use it to show magical power, or the ancient doctors might use it for reasons such as giving shock, or other reasons todays doctors use.
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Sentence: But the professor contradicts with him on her lecture and goes againts each reason the author gives.
Error: againts Suggestion: against
Sentence: The professor opposes this reason by explaining that there might be some other stuffs like wires which has been discovered by people before archeologists discovere there, and people picked them so archeologists couldn't find.
Error: discovere Suggestion: No alternate word
Error: couldn Suggestion: could
Sentence: So the abscence of wires or etc doen't mean they didn't exist.
Error: abscence Suggestion: absence
Sentence: The last reason the author posits is that ancient people didn't even need the electricity beause they had no electric devices.
Error: didn Suggestion: did
Error: beause Suggestion: No alternate word
Sentence: The professor on contray gives examples to show there might be several reasons of using electricity by ancient people.
Error: contray Suggestion: contrary
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 21 in 30
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 7 2
No. of Sentences: 10 12
No. of Words: 228 250
No. of Characters: 1102 1200
No. of Different Words: 118 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.886 4.2
Average Word Length: 4.833 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.389 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 78 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 51 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 30 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 21 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 22.8 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.078 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.6 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.413 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.649 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.169 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4