The reading and the lecture are about the zebra mussel, which is shellfish native to Eastern Europe. He thinks that this fish will invade the waters in North America and it can not be stopped. He provides three reasons for his belief, however, the lecturer casts doubt on all of them as follows.
First, the reading claims that the zebra mussel controlled any new habitat that it reached. The professor, on the other hand, believes that this was possible only in the past. He added that now we have the necessary knowledge to stop its invading. He suggests that the ships that carry the ballast water empty this water in the ocean before arriving to its destination, which will kill the fish.
Second, the article argues that the zebra fish has no predators in its new habitat which will make it prevalent over the other types of fish. The professor, in contrast, refutes this supposition by stating that it may be true at the beginning of the arrival of the fish to its new habitat. He elaborates this point by saying that after a while of arriving the birds notice this new creature which a good food for them. The birds can eat a huge amount of this fish.
Third, the text contents that the zebra mussel will have a negative impact on the other fish since it feeds on the plankton which is food of other animals as well. That will cause the decrease of the numbers of the other fish. The lecturer rejects this hypothesis by stating that although it is true that the zebra fish will feed on the plankton, but in the same time it produces many nutrition in the sea. This nutrition will gather at the bottom of the water which is considered a good food for the bottom fish.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 117, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
...ative to Eastern Europe. He thinks that this fish will invade the waters in North Am...
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Line 4, column 298, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ts that the ships that carry the ballast water empty this water in the ocean befo...
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Line 7, column 12, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ch will kill the fish. Second, the article argues that the zebra fish has n...
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Line 7, column 456, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
...hem. The birds can eat a huge amount of this fish. Third, the text contents th...
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Line 10, column 108, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... impact on the other fish since it feeds on the plankton which is food of other a...
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Line 10, column 382, Rule ID: MANY_NN_U[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun nutrition seems to be uncountable; consider using: 'much nutrition', 'a good deal of nutrition'.
Suggestion: much nutrition; a good deal of nutrition
...nkton, but in the same time it produces many nutrition in the sea. This nutrition will gather ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, may, second, so, third, well, while, in contrast, it is true, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 5.04856512141 198% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 20.0 12.0772626932 166% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 22.412803532 192% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1384.0 1373.03311258 101% => OK
No of words: 305.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 4.53770491803 5.08290768461 89% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17902490978 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.20588740956 2.5805825403 85% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 145.348785872 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.485245901639 0.540411800872 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 416.7 419.366225166 99% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.8713612113 49.2860985944 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.2666666667 110.228320801 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.3333333333 21.698381199 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.66666666667 7.06452816374 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.320422483092 0.272083759551 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.113718427953 0.0996497079465 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.067599974723 0.0662205650399 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.208294684582 0.162205337803 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0402691401001 0.0443174109184 91% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.1 13.3589403974 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 68.1 53.8541721854 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.05 12.2367328918 74% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.63 8.42419426049 91% => OK
difficult_words: 58.0 63.6247240618 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => 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: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.0 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.