lass 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.
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The article states that there are many possible solutions to prevent bird injury caused by glasses and provided three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that none of the solutions is effective in case of avoiding bird injuries and refutes each of the author's points.
First, the reading claims that "One-way glass" may be an effective solution because it is only transparent in one direction. The professor opposes this point by saying that this solution has problems to prevent bird injury. He states that if the glass is transparent in one direction then it will act as a mirror and birds see tree and sky on them and therefore fly into them.
Second, the article posits that "Colorful design" on the window glass may be one solution. However, the professor says that it has some problems too. According to the professor, if designs are painted on the glass then there must be some openings and birds may fly through them. Also if the opening is so small then the room will be so dark for the dweller of the house.
Third, the reading says that we may provide a "magnetic field" to the glass which makes birds away from the building. The professor refutes this point by explaining that it also does not work. We also learn that birds use the magnetic field to navigate while traveling through long distances. In the case of short distance, birds use either their eye or light to navigate and so the magnetic field concept would not work in this case to prevent birds from injury.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 290, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
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Line 7, column 45, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...d, the reading says that we may provide a 'magnetic field' to the glass...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, may, second, so, then, therefore, third, well, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1275.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 263.0 270.72406181 97% => OK
Chars per words: 4.84790874525 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.02706775958 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57194473858 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 136.0 145.348785872 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.51711026616 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 382.5 419.366225166 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 31.2595547523 49.2860985944 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.0769230769 110.228320801 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2307692308 21.698381199 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 7.06452816374 85% => OK
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: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.178962051106 0.272083759551 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0685309983792 0.0996497079465 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0375525008169 0.0662205650399 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.112384684663 0.162205337803 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0227600543096 0.0443174109184 51% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 13.3589403974 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.85 12.2367328918 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.69 8.42419426049 91% => OK
difficult_words: 51.0 63.6247240618 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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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.