The lecturer disputes the author's suggested theory about the uses of curved stone balls discovered during the Neolithic period . He provides several reasons to cast doubt about the author'claims
First, the lecturer contradicts the fallacy of the passage that the stones may have been used as weapons by the Neoliolithic people. He contends that it is highly unlikely that they have served this purpose because they do not have any cracks or tears on their bodies. Theoretically speaking, if they have this usage, then researchers would find some signs of wearings.
Second, according to the author the curved stones may have been used for weighing traded objects because they are similar in size. Again, the lecturer find this idea debatable. He contends by saying that similar size objects may have be used for weighing. However, they need also to have same density which is not true for the curved stones objects that indeed were discovered to have different weights.
Finally, the author argues that the curved stones have different patterns. As a result, they might have been used as personal items to show the social status. The lecturer refutes this claims by saying that it is true that the artifacts have similar patterns, however, they are simple in shape which means that it is highly unlikely that they served this purpose. Moreover, non of the artifacts were buried with their owners which is a traditional habit for people during that period.
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- TPO 33: CARVED STONE BALLSReading:Carved stone balls are a curious type of artifact found at a number of locations in Scotland. They date from the late Neolithic period, around 4,000 years ago. They are round in shape; they were carved from several types 65
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Don't put a space before the full stop
Suggestion: .
...s discovered during the Neolithic period . He provides several reasons to cast dou...
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Line 3, column 207, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ikely that they have served this purpose because they do not have any cracks or t...
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Line 5, column 235, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Use past participle here: 'been'.
Suggestion: been
...ying that similar size objects may have be used for weighing. However, they need a...
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Line 7, column 279, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: simple
...ave similar patterns, however, they are simple in shape which means that it is highly unlikely ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, however, if, may, moreover, second, so, then, as a result, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 1.0 7.30242825607 14% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 22.412803532 143% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 20.0 30.3222958057 66% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1223.0 1373.03311258 89% => OK
No of words: 241.0 270.72406181 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.07468879668 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.94007293032 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.37670849185 2.5805825403 92% => OK
Unique words: 127.0 145.348785872 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.526970954357 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 372.6 419.366225166 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.23620309051 61% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => 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: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.4371588517 49.2860985944 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.916666667 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0833333333 21.698381199 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.58333333333 7.06452816374 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.354132038871 0.272083759551 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.139804810603 0.0996497079465 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0615845720786 0.0662205650399 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.226052677695 0.162205337803 139% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0196674003158 0.0443174109184 44% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.56 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 60.0 63.6247240618 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => 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: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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