The reading and the lecture are both about broccolis, which is mainly grown in California because of the weather conditions. The author of the reading feels that growing broccoli on the east coast would be beneficial for both financially and nutrient-wise. The lecturer casts doubt on the claims made in the article.
First of all, the author claims that growing broccoli in the east coast would lower the transportation cost. It is pointed out that because of the low transportation cost, the retail cost will also be lower. This argument is challenged by the lecturer. She says that despite the lower transportation cost, retail prices will still be the same. The reason why the retail price will still be high is that yield will be lower than in California. She asserts that this would cancel out the transportation cost.
Secondly, the author states that the new type of broccoli would be more preferable than some other new crops. He argues that other crops are genetically modified, and he says the new broccoli will not be in that classification. This argument is rebutted in the lecture. Lecturer observes that the public will be suspicious about the new crop and would still reject them. She notes that the same companies that use genetic modifications are the ones who are growing these new crops.
Finally, the author mentions that vegetable's nutrients are in the best condition to eat when they are freshly harvested. It is noted that locally grown broccolis can be eaten much sooner after it has been harvested. The lecturer casts doubt on this by saying that there are other vegetables such as kale, have the same nutrients, and kales can grow in any weather She puts forth the idea that people should learn about other vegetables.
- Broccoli is a vegetable that is popular throughout the United States but it can be grown only in temperate climates with mild summers Because of this limitation 90 percent of the broccoli consumed in the United States is grown in the cooler regions of Cal 73
- In the 1950s Torreya Taxifolia a type of evergreen tree once very common in the state of Florida started to die out No one is sure exactly what caused the decline but chances are good that if nothing is done Torreya will soon become extinct Experts a 60
- Carved stone balls are a curious type of artifact found at a number of locations in Scotland They date from the late Neolithic period around 4 000 years ago They are round in shape they were carved from several types of stone most are about 70 mm in 63
- Easter Island Easter Island located in the Pacific Ocean about 4000 miles from the coast of Chile is one of the most isolated places in the world It is best known for the Moai monolithic statues of human figures carved from volcanic rock and located aroun 73
- Integrated TaskIn the 1950s Torreya taxifoha a type of evergreen tree once very common in the state of Florida started to die out No one is sure exactly what caused the decline but chances are good that if nothing is done Torreya will soon become ext
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 258, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...for both financially and nutrient-wise. The lecturer casts doubt on the claims made...
^^^
Line 7, column 364, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ients, and kales can grow in any weather She puts forth the idea that people shou...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, if, second, secondly, so, still, such as, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 10.4613686534 220% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 5.04856512141 277% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 12.0772626932 157% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 22.412803532 143% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1465.0 1373.03311258 107% => OK
No of words: 296.0 270.72406181 109% => OK
Chars per words: 4.94932432432 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14784890444 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.62480433373 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 145.0 145.348785872 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.489864864865 0.540411800872 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 432.9 419.366225166 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.7640967583 49.2860985944 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 86.1764705882 110.228320801 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.4117647059 21.698381199 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.76470588235 7.06452816374 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.151823694603 0.272083759551 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0523631304829 0.0996497079465 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0405898258653 0.0662205650399 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0941379360891 0.162205337803 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0200548604474 0.0443174109184 45% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.6 13.3589403974 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.13 12.2367328918 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.57 8.42419426049 90% => OK
difficult_words: 58.0 63.6247240618 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
---------------------
Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
---------------------
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.