The lecturer imposes his doubts on the validity of the theories mentioned in the passage about the Chaco Canyon in New Mexico.
As per the passage, the first theory suggests that the the structure of the Chaco Canyon appears similar to the famous apartment buildings of Taos, New Mexico. Because of this it is assumed that the structure supported a population of almost 100 people. However, the lecturer refutes to this theory by stating that in such huge structures there were no fire places found to support the living of 100 people. The only fire places that were found were to support only 10 family members. Therefore, Chao Canyon was not a residential area.
Second theory suggests that huge buildings were also used to hold food supplies such as maize as the structures were ideal for the storage of maize for long period of time. The lecturer disagrees to this theory too by saying that there is no supportive evidence that confirms the presence of maize in the area. Because, no remains of the grain were found in the excavation process.
Lastly, the third theory states that the Pablo Alto that is next to the houses served as a ceremonial site. Because pot remains were found there that is presumed to be there because of ceremonial gatherings that included meal preparation and serving. However, the lecturer states that there were not only remains of pots found but also stones, sand and other construction materials. Which means that Pablo Alto could have been a construction site and the pots that were found there were probably thrown by the workers.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 52, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...passage, the first theory suggests that the the structure of the Chaco Canyon appears s...
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Line 3, column 52, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...passage, the first theory suggests that the the structure of the Chaco Canyon appears s...
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Line 3, column 161, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Because” 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.
...partment buildings of Taos, New Mexico. Because of this it is assumed that the structur...
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Line 5, column 158, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...ideal for the storage of maize for long period of time. The lecturer disagrees to this theory ...
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Line 5, column 312, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Because” 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.
...irms the presence of maize in the area. Because, no remains of the grain were found in ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, lastly, second, so, therefore, third, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 10.4613686534 163% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1310.0 1373.03311258 95% => OK
No of words: 268.0 270.72406181 99% => OK
Chars per words: 4.88805970149 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.04607285448 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.39929725362 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 128.0 145.348785872 88% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.477611940299 0.540411800872 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 406.8 419.366225166 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
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: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 35.8380644553 49.2860985944 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.769230769 110.228320801 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.6153846154 21.698381199 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.53846153846 7.06452816374 78% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => 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: 0.320715206311 0.272083759551 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.111622202439 0.0996497079465 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0649184632409 0.0662205650399 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.186140989724 0.162205337803 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.04908575809 0.0443174109184 111% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.3589403974 89% => 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: 11.08 12.2367328918 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.28 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 62.0 63.6247240618 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => 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: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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