In this set of material, the article discusses three main theories to support the reasons why the carved stone ball were used as some purposes in the historic time, on the other hand the lecture casts doubt on the information which is presented in the reading section and believes that presented reasons are not convincing enough.
First of all, the reading section makes point that instinct people might used the carved stone balls for hunting because they have holes regarding to this purpose. In contrast the constructor claims that hand huntting stuffs such as axes would have been cracked or broken down because of use in the passage of time, however surface of the carved stone ball are wholesome. In fact, she elaborates by saying that their surface which are without any damage indicates that they were not used as hunting.
Second, the professor disagrees with the idea that carved stone balls were used as the first system of weights. In fact, she cites the results of survey to highlight that they were not produced of uniform material, since every material has different density and their density is not uniform, they would not be used as weight and measurement system. Especially, she explains what is their material and clarify her claims.
Finally, although the passage demonstrates that the carved stone balls were used as social purposes, the speaker posits that it is not convincing because some of these stuff have intricated and perplexed design, while other ones are too simple to have any application in the routine life. In addition, she adds that in the past time everyone especially high-ranking people were buried with all of their possessions, whereas any stuff has not found in the temples or graves. Since she strongly believes that the stone balls did not use as social purposes.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 168, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[2]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: contrast,
...ave holes regarding to this purpose. In contrast the constructor claims that hand huntti...
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Line 9, column 324, Rule ID: PAST_TIME[1]
Message: Did you mean 'pastime'?
Suggestion: pastime
...life. In addition, she adds that in the past time everyone especially high-ranking people...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, however, if, regarding, second, so, whereas, while, in addition, in contrast, in fact, such as, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 22.412803532 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 36.0 30.3222958057 119% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1522.0 1373.03311258 111% => OK
No of words: 303.0 270.72406181 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02310231023 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17215713816 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.3940249192 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 156.0 145.348785872 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514851485149 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 467.1 419.366225166 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 4.0 8.23620309051 49% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.25165562914 320% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 2.5761589404 311% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 30.0 21.2450331126 141% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 82.3310998348 49.2860985944 167% => OK
Chars per sentence: 152.2 110.228320801 138% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.3 21.698381199 140% => OK
Discourse Markers: 14.3 7.06452816374 202% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.429783894338 0.272083759551 158% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.175779714782 0.0996497079465 176% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0880691274525 0.0662205650399 133% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.261207416404 0.162205337803 161% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0505030679568 0.0443174109184 114% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.4 13.3589403974 130% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.49 53.8541721854 92% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.0289183223 125% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.43 12.2367328918 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.82 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 17.0 10.7273730684 158% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.0 10.498013245 133% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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