The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Parkville Daily newspaper.
"Throughout the country last year, as more and more children below the age of nine participated
in youth-league sports, over 40,000 of these young players suffered injuries. When interviewed for
a recent study, youth-league soccer players in several major cities also reported psychological
pressure exerted by coaches and parents to win games. Furthermore, education experts say that
long practice sessions for these sports take away time that could be used for academic activities.
Since the disadvantages outweigh any advantages, we in Parkville should discontinue organized
athletic competition for children under nine."
The letter to the editor of the Parkvelle Daily newspaper advocates for the discontinuation of
organized athletic competition for children under nine. The author argues based on dome facts i.e. it
causes injuries, exerts psychological pressure thus causes harm to voth physical and mental health.
Furthermore the author insists that it has deleterious effect on academic activities too. Though
concerns of the auther is legit, I can't completely agree that these evidences are enough for the
discontinuation of the competition.
Firstly, although the number 40000 represents a large number, no data has been provided which can
assure that this number actually represents a large proportion of the participants. Maybe this
number doesn't represent even one percent of the participants. Another information I would like to
know is about the types of injuries and the ratio of minor and major injuries. Even if the number of
injuries represent a significant proportion of the participants, there is no such proof that those
injuries are more than barely some bruies which is regular occurance in almost every noncompetitive matches too.
Secondly, exertion of psychological pressures by coaches and parents shouldn't be a cause for
discontinuation of a competition. Coaches and parents account for this problem. They should create
friendly environment for inspiring children into sports and they should be made concious about this
fact. There is no information about size and nature of the sample set too.
Moreover, education experts claim of taking time away by practice sessions that could be used for
academic activities is flawed. There is no substantiation presented in the letter supporting the claim
that the time used by practice sessions would be used for academic purposes. It is possible and
common now a days that children are procastinating on video games. So, it is entirely possible that
time allocated for practice sessions may be used for much more harmful activities rather that using
for studies.Even if the education experts concern is substantiated, it is not enough for cancellation of the
organization of the competition. Time of training sessions can be regulated by the authority based
on experts' prescription. It may also possible that most of the institutions only have short sessions.
All the logics relating to the argument presented in the letter may create concern among the
parents. But I would like to have more extensive data relating to the injuries and the nature of the
practice sessions in most of the institutiions. Actually, discontinuation of such competition may
divert children from sports and lead to serious health concerns like obesity. For these reasons, I am
not yet convienced that the competition should be interrupted despite the intimidatiting
informations provided by the author.
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Comments
Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 46 15
No. of Words: 448 350
No. of Characters: 2348 1500
No. of Different Words: 215 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.601 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.241 4.6
Word Length SD: 3.046 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 178 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 133 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 108 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 61 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 9.739 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 5.306 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.304 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.203 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.762 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.022 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 30 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Organized
... advocates for the discontinuation of organized athletic competition for children under...
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Line 5, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Causes
...or argues based on dome facts i.e. it causes injuries, exerts psychological pressure...
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Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Furthermore,
...m to voth physical and mental health. Furthermore the author insists that it has deleteri...
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Line 9, column 36, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...gh concerns of the auther is legit, I cant completely agree that these evidences a...
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Line 11, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Discontinuation
...at these evidences are enough for the discontinuation of the competition. Firstly, although...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Assure
..., no data has been provided which can assure that this number actually represents a ...
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Line 17, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Number
...rtion of the participants. Maybe this number doesnt represent even one percent of th...
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Line 17, column 8, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...f the participants. Maybe this number doesnt represent even one percent of the parti...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Know
.... Another information I would like to know is about the types of injuries and the ...
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Line 19, column 80, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[2]
Message: “Even if” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
... the ratio of minor and major injuries. Even if the number of injuries represent a si...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Injuries
...ts, there is no such proof that those injuries are more than barely some bruies which ...
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Line 25, column 70, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: shouldn't
...ogical pressures by coaches and parents shouldnt be a cause for discontinuation of a c...
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Line 27, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Discontinuation
...s and parents shouldnt be a cause for discontinuation of a competition. Coaches and parents a...
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Line 31, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Fact
...ey should be made concious about this fact. There is no information about size and...
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Line 35, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Academic
...ctice sessions that could be used for academic activities is flawed. There is no subst...
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Line 37, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: That
...ed in the letter supporting the claim that the time used by practice sessions woul...
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Line 39, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Common
...academic purposes. It is possible and common now a days that children are procastina...
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Line 39, column 8, Rule ID: NOW_A_DAYS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'nowadays'?
Suggestion: nowadays
...c purposes. It is possible and common now a days that children are procastinating on vid...
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Line 39, column 12, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a day' or simply 'days'?
Suggestion: a day; days
...rposes. It is possible and common now a days that children are procastinating on vid...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: For
... harmful activities rather that using for studies.Even if the education experts c...
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Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Even
...ivities rather that using for studies.Even if the education experts concern is sub...
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Line 45, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Organization
...is not enough for cancellation of the organization of the competition. Time of training se...
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Line 47, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: On
...n be regulated by the authority based on experts prescription. It may also possi...
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Line 51, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Parents
...e letter may create concern among the parents. But I would like to have more extensiv...
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Line 53, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Practice
...to the injuries and the nature of the practice sessions in most of the institutiions. ...
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Line 55, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Divert
...scontinuation of such competition may divert children from sports and lead to seriou...
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Line 59, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Informations
...nterrupted despite the intimidatiting informations provided by the author.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, firstly, furthermore, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, thus
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.6327345309 112% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.9520958084 100% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 11.1786427146 107% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 13.6137724551 95% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 28.8173652695 108% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 55.5748502994 94% => OK
Nominalization: 24.0 16.3942115768 146% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2467.0 2260.96107784 109% => OK
No of words: 445.0 441.139720559 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.54382022472 5.12650576532 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.59293186426 4.56307096286 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.12690795183 2.78398813304 112% => OK
Unique words: 215.0 204.123752495 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.483146067416 0.468620217663 103% => OK
syllable_count: 755.1 705.55239521 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 4.96107784431 181% => OK
Article: 2.0 8.76447105788 23% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 19.7664670659 111% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.9902727702 57.8364921388 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.136363636 119.503703932 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2272727273 23.324526521 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.31818181818 5.70786347227 76% => OK
Paragraphs: 30.0 5.15768463074 582% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 27.0 5.25449101796 514% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.20758483034 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.88822355289 116% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.67664670659 128% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0604826867058 0.218282227539 28% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0187707550882 0.0743258471296 25% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0273485123883 0.0701772020484 39% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.016974863891 0.128457276422 13% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0261925986636 0.0628817314937 42% => 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: 14.8 14.3799401198 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 48.3550499002 88% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.1628742515 156% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.197005988 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.85 12.5979740519 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.64 8.32208582834 104% => OK
difficult_words: 113.0 98.500998004 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 12.3882235529 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.9071856287 126% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 6
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