The reading and the lecture are both about the fossils of large and rare animals. The author of the reading states that fossils of dinosaurs and large vertebrates are sold to private owners for huge amounts of money where general public and scientists may lose them and provides three reasons for support. However, the lecturer explains that the development of selling fossils would not be a loss to people and the scientists.
First, the article conveys that the people would have a great loss because if the fossils were donated to the museum then there is a chance for them to visit the museum. But fossils were sold to private owners they would not allow the people to see the fossils of dinosaurs which are rare. On the other hand, the lecturer refutes this point by saying that if there is a chance to purchase the fossils then schools and library's can buy those fossils where they can display to the children and the public.
Second, the text explains that scientists could have lost the important discoveries of the extinct species. Moreover, rich buyers can buy the fossils where scientists and universities can not afford to buy them. Nevertheless, the professor opposes this point by saying that scientists will not miss out on the potential to discover because scientists first identify, tests, and examine the fossils. Consequently, fossils were passed to private collectors with the help of scientists.
Third, buyers may damage the scientific evidence because they were not very much interested in fieldwork. However, the professor claims if commercial fossil collectors pay no attention to fossils, simply lots of them would not be discovered yet.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 223, Rule ID: GENERAL_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
... owners for huge amounts of money where general public and scientists may lose them and provid...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, consequently, first, however, if, may, moreover, nevertheless, second, so, then, third, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 5.04856512141 238% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 16.0 22.412803532 71% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1397.0 1373.03311258 102% => OK
No of words: 276.0 270.72406181 102% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0615942029 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07593519647 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.54588999578 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 139.0 145.348785872 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.503623188406 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 410.4 419.366225166 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.7590603223 49.2860985944 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.416666667 110.228320801 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0 21.698381199 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.16666666667 7.06452816374 130% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.549622599831 0.272083759551 202% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.205830864938 0.0996497079465 207% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0879529317627 0.0662205650399 133% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.329753715404 0.162205337803 203% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0645998832603 0.0443174109184 146% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 13.3589403974 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 53.8541721854 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.36 12.2367328918 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.87 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 54.0 63.6247240618 85% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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