Ways to reduce salinity in SAlton lake
Both the reading and the lecture discuss the salt level in the Salton Sea. The article states that the increasing salt level in Salton lake is posing threat to the fish and bird population and provides three ways to reduce its salt level. However, the professor explains that the idea is great but the approach is not realistic and gainsays each method mentioned in the reading.
First and foremost, the passage begins by asserting a method of direct salt removal from the lake through desalinization facilities. Water will be pumped out and evaporated in the facility, leaving salt and other materials behind. This will result in salt-free water which will be returned back to the lake. On the other hand, the speaker excerpts that this method will cause health problems. The material behind will contain both: salt and toxic chemicals. When these harmful materials, for instance, selenium will be released into the air, it will cause breathing problems. Therefore, desalinization through this method is not practical.
Next, the professor further delves into the details by pointing out that the government does not have enough resources to finance the dilution method. Since the shoreline is 100 kilometers away from the lake, long pipes have to construct. AS this is extremely expensive, the government will not pay for the expenses. These claims refute the writer's implication about diluting the lake with ocean water by constructing pipelines or canals between them.
Ultimately, the article wraps its argument by declaring that by constructing walls in the lake, the population can be saved because it will separate the saltwater from freshwater. In contrast, the professor rebuts this theory by showing the inaccuracy of the author that constructing walls is not a permanent solution. They will be destroyed easily by geological activities especially earthquakes. The separation of water could be a temporary solution but not effective for a long time. Since the water will get mixed after the wall destruction, it is not a reliable solution to reduce salt levels.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 282, Rule ID: RETURN_BACK[1]
Message: Use simply 'returned'.
Suggestion: returned
...result in salt-free water which will be returned back to the lake. On the other hand, the spe...
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Line 5, column 342, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'writers'' or 'writer's'?
Suggestion: writers'; writer's
...r the expenses. These claims refute the writers implication about diluting the lake wit...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, so, therefore, for instance, in contrast, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 5.04856512141 257% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 5.01324503311 319% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1748.0 1373.03311258 127% => OK
No of words: 334.0 270.72406181 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.23353293413 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.27500489853 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73640246575 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 182.0 145.348785872 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.544910179641 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 531.9 419.366225166 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.25165562914 320% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.468099186 49.2860985944 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.0 110.228320801 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.5789473684 21.698381199 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.21052631579 7.06452816374 60% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.132629125535 0.272083759551 49% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0383027206294 0.0996497079465 38% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0603929879977 0.0662205650399 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0899350437518 0.162205337803 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0680537659454 0.0443174109184 154% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 13.3589403974 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.76 12.2367328918 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.07 8.42419426049 108% => OK
difficult_words: 97.0 63.6247240618 152% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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