Both the passage and the lecture discuss the benefits that smart cars may provide, these are expected to use global positioning systems and transform the driver into a mere passenger. The auhtor believes that smart cars will satisfy the current expectations, making driving safer and less expensive. However, the lecturer brings into question the claims made by the passage. She considers that it is not clear that these innovations will deliver the promised benefits, as technology can also have flaws.
First, the author stands that high-tech cars will save lives. It is mentioned that they will be equipped with sensors and software that will prevent collisions. Nevertheless, the professor argues that technology is not without errors. And if these programs fail, the consequent accidents could be a worst, given the thrust that people would put into them.
Second, the passage states that new cars will alleviate traffic. The article notes that computers will allow cars to go near each other, even at high speeds, so people will save a lot of commuting time. Meanwhile, the speaker rebuts this argument by pointing out that increasingly more people are going to take the wheel. She highlights that, historically, when a new facility is granted to drivers, more people gets into driving, so this rise in congestion will even out other benefits.
Finally, the Text contends that high-tech is going to save money to drivers. Given that computers take the most efficient routes, components in a car will have to be replaced with less frequency. The professor, on the other hand posits that expenses could go even higher rather than down. She puts explains the fact that the required sensors and software is expensive and the consumer is going to pay for it. Moreover, she adds that the price is repairs will go up as well.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 298, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[1]
Message: Use 'the' with the superlative.
Suggestion: the
...fail, the consequent accidents could be a worst, given the thrust that people wou...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, may, moreover, nevertheless, second, so, well, while, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 5.04856512141 317% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 12.0772626932 157% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 22.412803532 143% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1531.0 1373.03311258 112% => OK
No of words: 303.0 270.72406181 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.05280528053 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17215713816 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52639347865 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 145.348785872 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.587458745875 0.540411800872 109% => OK
syllable_count: 453.6 419.366225166 108% => 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: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.6533001469 49.2860985944 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.0588235294 110.228320801 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.8235294118 21.698381199 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.52941176471 7.06452816374 92% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.231744428744 0.272083759551 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0697223218223 0.0996497079465 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0578694615694 0.0662205650399 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.135862504343 0.162205337803 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.031226580516 0.0443174109184 70% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.3 13.3589403974 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.71 12.2367328918 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.86 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 63.6247240618 132% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 61.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.5 Out of 30
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