The reading passage and listening passage are both discussing about Zebra muscle which is serious threath to freshwater fish population in North America. The lecturer cast doubt on the claims that is mentioned in reading passage.
First of all reading passage talks about unstoppable invasion of zebra mussel. The lecturer disput this argument by saying that across the ocean ship can be there. However they will come with ships the ship can be still be out of the ocean.
Moreover, the author said that when they are carried to new habitat they dominate. On the other hand, the lecturer mentions that the predator of new habitat are birds.
Finally, the author states that there is a decline in fish because they compete with fish for food. The lecturer states that even in the habitat that Zebra mussel are dominant there is no decline in the range of fish.
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which is serious threath
which is a serious threat
claims that is mentioned in reading passage.
claims that are mentioned in reading passage.
Sentence: The lecturer states that even in the habitat that Zebra mussel are dominant there is no decline in the range of fish.
Description: An adjective is not usually followed by an existential there
Suggestion: Refer to dominant and there
Sentence: The reading passage and listening passage are both discussing about Zebra muscle which is serious threath to freshwater fish population in North America.
Error: threath Suggestion: No alternate word
Sentence: The lecturer disput this argument by saying that across the ocean ship can be there.
Error: disput Suggestion: No alternate word
flaws:
No. of Words: 148 250
Minimum 150 words wanted
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 16 in 30
Category: Poor Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 3 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 2 2
No. of Sentences: 9 12
No. of Words: 148 250
No. of Characters: 697 1200
No. of Different Words: 83 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.488 4.2
Average Word Length: 4.709 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.144 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 48 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 37 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 17 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 6 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 16.444 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 3.624 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.556 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.4 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.4 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.108 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4