The reading and the lecture are both about the famous explorer Robert E. Peary, according to the records, he has reached the north pole in 37 days in 1909. The author of the reading believes that there are no doubts about that R.E.Perry really reached the north pole in such a short time, whereas the lecturer casts doubt on the claim made in the article. She thinks that there is no convincing evidence.
First of all, the author points out that a national geographic's committee has examined the R.E. Perry's records and equipment. It is mentioned that both records and equipment were consistent and persuasive. This point is challenged by the lecturer who says that the committee was not reliable because it was composed of people who were very closely related to the explorer. Furthermore, she argues that the committee worked on this issue only for two days, and according to her, the time was not enough to have an accurate assessment of the case.
Secondly, the author contends that a similar trip has been done by another explorer later in time. The article notes that this is the proof that this journey is possible and even the skeptical have to agree with it. The lecturer rebuts this argument explaining that the two trips cannot be compared, in fact, the weight carried on the dogsled, and the weather conditions were very different. She elaborates on this mentioning that in the case of R.E. Perry no food was given from an airplane along the way and the weather conditions were worse.
Finally, the author states that there is a photo which shows R.E. Perry at the north pole on that day. The article establishes that the authenticity of it is proven by the typical kind of shadow that the sun produces only when you are at the poles in that specific period. She puts forth the idea that this proof is also no reliable, because it is a very old photo taken with a primitive camera, and it is fuzzy, unfocused and the shadow is blurred, therefore it cannot be used as a proof.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 232, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Perry
...that there are no doubts about that R.E.Perry really reached the north pole in such a...
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Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Perrys
...t that a committee has examined the R.E.Perrys records and equipment. It is mentioned ...
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Line 5, column 100, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: The
...done from another explorer later stage. the article notes that this is the proof th...
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Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Perry
...this mentioning that in the case of R.E.Perry no food was dropped from an airplane al...
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Suggestion: Perry
...s that there is a photo which shows R.E.Perry at the north pole The article establis...
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Suggestion:
... which shows R.E.Perry at the north pole The article establishes that the authent...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, furthermore, if, really, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, whereas, in fact, kind of, no doubt, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 10.4613686534 239% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 22.412803532 178% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1616.0 1373.03311258 118% => OK
No of words: 344.0 270.72406181 127% => OK
Chars per words: 4.6976744186 5.08290768461 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.30665032142 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.43215123992 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 145.348785872 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.508720930233 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 503.1 419.366225166 120% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 3.25607064018 276% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 58.8007427143 49.2860985944 119% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.0 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.5 21.698381199 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.75 7.06452816374 124% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.215264111009 0.272083759551 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0662167694335 0.0996497079465 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.066404811465 0.0662205650399 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.124969620539 0.162205337803 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0510710688887 0.0443174109184 115% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 13.3589403974 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 53.8541721854 109% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.98 12.2367328918 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.89 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 63.6247240618 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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