The article states that young people are reading less literature than they used to read earlier which is affecting the reading public, culture, and future of it. It provides three reasons for support. However, the professor of the lecture explains that this may true but the young people using their time doing other things which have great importance and refutes each of the author's reason.
First, the reading claims that the decline of reading a literature book, the reading public is missing out its intellectual important benefits. The professor refutes this point by stating that they are reading some scientific studies, creative novels. And sometimes it requires some intellectual and good understanding. So, young people are not missing the intellectual stimulation and imagination benefits.
Second, the article posits that they are reading some superficial, poorly written self-help books which do not require intellectual demanding and challenges. This is declining the level of culture in general. However, the professor contends that it is not true. They are using their time by watching brilliant music, movies which are plenty on television.
Third, the reading avers that the trend of reading less literature is the reason for making less literature nowadays and publisher doing less support the serious literature writers. The lecture opposes this point by saying that it may true but not always. It can be true that less literature is produced because of less talented writers not lack of audience.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 249, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[3]
Message: The adverb 'always' is usually not used at the end of a sentence.
...oint by saying that it may true but not always. It can be true that less literature is...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, may, second, so, third, in general
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 15.0 30.3222958057 49% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1288.0 1373.03311258 94% => OK
No of words: 239.0 270.72406181 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.38912133891 5.08290768461 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.93187294222 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63350484536 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 126.0 145.348785872 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.52719665272 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 385.2 419.366225166 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 48.9083378393 49.2860985944 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.0 110.228320801 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.0714285714 21.698381199 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.21428571429 7.06452816374 60% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
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 : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.35671106192 0.272083759551 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.11040397936 0.0996497079465 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0884456608606 0.0662205650399 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.21118012845 0.162205337803 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.072904200781 0.0443174109184 165% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.69 12.2367328918 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.51 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 61.0 63.6247240618 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => 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: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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