he lecturer disputes the causes of the massive Triassic extinction presented by the author. She provides several concrete reasons to cast doubt about the author's claims.
First, according to the author the massive extinction occur because of a decrease in sea water level. However, the lecturer finds this idea debatable. she asserts that a gradual decrease in sea water level does not usually cause such a massive killing because animals living in shallow water can adapt to this change over time.
Second, the lecturer contradicts the fallacy of the passage that a decrease in temperature is the second reason behind this massive killing. She contends that a decrease in temperature could cause massive killing if it occurred over an extended period of time. However, The lecturer points that temperature elevations was only temporary event. it resides back to normal after the sulfur dioxide was washed away because of precipitation.
Finally, the author argues that this massive extinction occurred because of a meteoroids collision with the surface of the earth. Theoretically speaking, this collision cause a massive debris cloud to block sunlight. The lecturer also refutes this claim. She argues such a collision would cause a crater on the site of collision. However, astonishingly, no crater was found. Thus, it is very unlikely that this phenomena was caused by a meteoroids collision.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: He
he lecturer disputes the causes of the mas...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: She
...the lecturer finds this idea debatable. she asserts that a gradual decrease in sea ...
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Line 5, column 246, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...killing if it occurred over an extended period of time. However, The lecturer points that temp...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
...re elevations was only temporary event. it resides back to normal after the sulfur...
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Line 7, column 79, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'meteoroids'' or 'meteoroid's'?
Suggestion: meteoroids'; meteoroid's
...assive extinction occurred because of a meteoroids collision with the surface of the earth...
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Line 7, column 407, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
...s found. Thus, it is very unlikely that this phenomena was caused by a meteoroids co...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'meteoroids'' or 'meteoroid's'?
Suggestion: meteoroids'; meteoroid's
...ely that this phenomena was caused by a meteoroids collision.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, however, if, second, so, thus
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 10.4613686534 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 0.0 7.30242825607 0% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1185.0 1373.03311258 86% => OK
No of words: 221.0 270.72406181 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.36199095023 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.85565412703 4.04702891845 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72998841683 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 119.0 145.348785872 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.538461538462 0.540411800872 100% => OK
syllable_count: 378.0 419.366225166 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 5.0 8.23620309051 61% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.1210311161 49.2860985944 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 79.0 110.228320801 72% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.7333333333 21.698381199 68% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.4 7.06452816374 48% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 4.19205298013 167% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 0.0 4.33554083885 0% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.170889943483 0.272083759551 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0634611906039 0.0996497079465 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0411226792898 0.0662205650399 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.104676243328 0.162205337803 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0232403949366 0.0443174109184 52% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.2 13.3589403974 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 48.81 53.8541721854 91% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.22 12.2367328918 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.55 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 59.0 63.6247240618 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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