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the invention of gunpowder was the single most destructive achievement in history
the invention of gunpowder was the single most destructive achievement in history
Gunpowder has been one of the most destructive manmade inventions. It is believed to be discovered by the Chinese in the 9th century as an elixir to immortality. Later on it further spread to the western countries and further to the entire world.
It was gunpowder that ended the feudal era, and pushed the walled castles and armored knights and picturesque crews of bowmen into the limbo of the irretrievable past. Gunpowder and the printing press ushered in the modern age. By means of gunpowder, the conquests of the savage Americans, and savage Africa, and the effete India and the benighted J...
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Sentence: Gunpowder has been one of the most destructive manmade inventions.
Error: manmade Suggestion: man made
Sentence: It was gunpowder that ended the feudal era, and pushed the walled castles and armored knights and picturesque crews of bowmen into the limbo of the irretrievable past.
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Sentence: By means of gunpowder, the conquests of the savage Americans, and savage Africa, and the effete India and the benighted Japan of the 1850's were made possible by relatively small bands of enlightened European white men.
Error: effete Suggestion: effect?
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Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 20.714 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.496 7.5
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