how the elderly in the US spent their free time from 1980 to 2010
The line graph gives information on how the elderly in the US spent their free time from 1980 to 2010. Overall, most of the activities were becoming more and more popular. However, going to theater lost it interest among the old Americans over the period shown.
From the beginning years, the proportion of people watching TV in the USA went up to 70% in 2000s then dropped to 65% in 2010s. Reading gained its popularity and became the most favorite activity. In 1980s, only 20% of the old American read books. Over the past 30 years, it went straight to 80%. Referring to others activities, the least enjoyed activity was going to theater. Starting at 50% in 1980s, the figure declined dramatically to 20% in 1990s before witnessing a slight decline by 15% in the last year.
Both hiking and surfing the Internet steeply rocketed. In the 1980s, 50% of the elderly in USA spent time on hiking and only 5% of them surfed the Internet. These figures for hiking and surfing the Internet raised to 60% and 50% among the old American respectively, but there was a drop in the percentage of people going hiking from 1990s to 2000s before rising dramatically in the last year.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 207, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'interests'?
Suggestion: interests
...ular. However, going to theater lost it interest among the old Americans over the period...
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Line 2, column 90, Rule ID: IN_1990s[1]
Message: The article is probably missing here: 'in the 2000s'.
Suggestion: in the 2000s
...e watching TV in the USA went up to 70% in 2000s then dropped to 65% in 2010s. Reading g...
^^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 119, Rule ID: IN_1990s[1]
Message: The article is probably missing here: 'in the 2010s'.
Suggestion: in the 2010s
... up to 70% in 2000s then dropped to 65% in 2010s. Reading gained its popularity and beca...
^^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 198, Rule ID: IN_1990s[1]
Message: The article is probably missing here: 'In the 1980s'.
Suggestion: In the 1980s
... and became the most favorite activity. In 1980s, only 20% of the old American read book...
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Line 2, column 395, Rule ID: IN_1990s[1]
Message: The article is probably missing here: 'in the 1980s'.
Suggestion: in the 1980s
...y was going to theater. Starting at 50% in 1980s, the figure declined dramatically to 20...
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Line 2, column 445, Rule ID: IN_1990s[1]
Message: The article is probably missing here: 'in the 1990s'.
Suggestion: in the 1990s
...the figure declined dramatically to 20% in 1990s before witnessing a slight decline by 1...
^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, then
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 3.0 7.0 43% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 1.00243902439 0% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 6.8 103% => OK
Relative clauses : 0.0 3.15609756098 0% => OK
Pronoun: 7.0 5.60731707317 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 43.0 33.7804878049 127% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 3.97073170732 50% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 967.0 965.302439024 100% => OK
No of words: 207.0 196.424390244 105% => OK
Chars per words: 4.67149758454 4.92477711251 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.79308509922 3.73543355544 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.45691953325 2.65546596893 93% => OK
Unique words: 116.0 106.607317073 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.56038647343 0.547539520022 102% => OK
syllable_count: 281.7 283.868780488 99% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.45097560976 96% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 1.53170731707 131% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.33902439024 92% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.07073170732 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 0.482926829268 207% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 3.36585365854 119% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 8.94146341463 134% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 22.4926829268 76% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 49.8687165354 43.030603864 116% => OK
Chars per sentence: 80.5833333333 112.824112599 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.25 22.9334400587 75% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.5 5.23603664747 29% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 3.0 3.83414634146 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 6.0 1.69756097561 353% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 3.70975609756 135% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 1.13902439024 176% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.09268292683 122% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.217551201643 0.215688989381 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0823761529819 0.103423049105 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.20581490251 0.0843802449381 244% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.172017923788 0.15604864568 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.170782863105 0.0819641961636 208% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.2 13.2329268293 70% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 71.14 61.2550243902 116% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.51609756098 135% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.6 10.3012195122 74% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.51 11.4140731707 83% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.61 8.06136585366 94% => OK
difficult_words: 41.0 40.7170731707 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.4329268293 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.9970731707 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.0658536585 81% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 61.797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.