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. This is 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 had been done by another explorer recently, and it took less time over the same distance later in time. The article notes that this is the proof that this journey is possible and even the skeptics have to agree with it. The lecturer rebuts this argument by 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 not 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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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 : 26.0 10.4613686534 249% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 12.0772626932 182% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 22.412803532 183% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 39.0 30.3222958057 129% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1701.0 1373.03311258 124% => OK
No of words: 366.0 270.72406181 135% => OK
Chars per words: 4.64754098361 5.08290768461 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.37391431897 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.39142846359 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 187.0 145.348785872 129% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.510928961749 0.540411800872 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 531.0 419.366225166 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.0812066248 49.2860985944 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.3125 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.875 21.698381199 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.75 7.06452816374 124% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => 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: 0.23933554885 0.272083759551 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.075244893196 0.0996497079465 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0651056304116 0.0662205650399 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.138317955148 0.162205337803 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0443974012424 0.0443174109184 100% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.3589403974 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 53.8541721854 107% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.99 12.2367328918 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.96 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 63.6247240618 118% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => 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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