Glass is a favored building material for modern architecture, yet it is also very dangerous for wild birds. Because they often cannot distinguish between glass and open air, millions of birds are harmed every year when they try to fly through glass windows. There are, however, several solutions that responsible businesses can use to prevent injuries to birds. One-Way Glass One solution is to replace the regular, clear glass with one-way glass that is transparent in only one direction. The occupants of the building can see out, but birds and others cannot see in. If birds cannot see through a window, they will understand that the glass forms a solid barrier and will not try to fly through it. Colorful Designs A second solution is to paint colorful lines or other designs on regular window glass. For example, a window could have a design of thin stripes painted over the glass. People would still be able to see through the openings in the design where there is no paint, while birds would see the stripes and thus avoid trying to fly through the glass. Architects can be encouraged to include colorful painted patterns on glass as part of the general design of buildings. Magnetic Field The third solution is to create an artificial magnetic field to guide birds away from buildings. Humans use an instrument called a magnetic compass to determine directions - either north, south, east, or west. Bird research has shown that birds have a natural ability to sense Earth’s magnetic fields; this ability works just like a compass, and it helps birds navigate in the right direction when they fly. A building in a bird flight path can be equipped with powerful electromagnets that emit magnetic signals that steer birds in a direction away from the building.
The reading and the lecture both discuss solutions that can prevent birds to colliding with window glasses. The passage provides three solutions, but the lecturer points out problems of each solution.
First, the author suggests using one-way glasses, that are transparent in only one direction. However the professor contradicts this solution by mentioning that although birds on the outside can't see the glasses, however these glasses look like mirrors on the other side, and birds don't understand mirrors. So, if a bird sees the reflection of sky or a tree on these glasses, they might fly right through them and hurt themselves seriously.
Second, the passage suggests using colorful designs on window glasses. However, the lecturer reasons that despite these designs still the birds will fly through the holes in these designs and will get injured. To overcome this issue the holes between these designs should be very small, to prevent birds from flying into them. Furthermore making these holes very small will make rooms of the building too dark. So, using designs does not seem to be a possible solution.
Third, the reading mentions birds ability to navigate by magnetic field, and suggests to use artificial magnetic field to misguide the birds and move them away from the window glasses. Meanwhile, the professor rebuts this solution and mentions that birds just use this navigation system on very long trips, like travelling from cold to warm places, and for short distance trips they use their eyes and brightness. Considering this fact, this solution is deemed as unsuitable too.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
... are transparent in only one direction. However the professor contradicts this solution...
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Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...ning that although birds on the outside cant see the glasses, however these glasses ...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...ke mirrors on the other side, and birds dont understand mirrors. So, if a bird sees ...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Furthermore,
...to prevent birds from flying into them. Furthermore making these holes very small will make...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, however, if, look, second, so, still, third, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 4.0 10.4613686534 38% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 12.0772626932 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1346.0 1373.03311258 98% => OK
No of words: 258.0 270.72406181 95% => OK
Chars per words: 5.21705426357 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.00778971557 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.40356334633 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 151.0 145.348785872 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.585271317829 0.540411800872 108% => OK
syllable_count: 387.0 419.366225166 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 53.4395638291 49.2860985944 108% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.538461538 110.228320801 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.8461538462 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.76923076923 7.06452816374 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
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: 0.127399260037 0.272083759551 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.042826769611 0.0996497079465 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0345193325077 0.0662205650399 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0713969504372 0.162205337803 44% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.025402438308 0.0443174109184 57% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.0 12.2367328918 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 56.0 63.6247240618 88% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25 Out of 30
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