Toward the end of his life, the Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-1798) wrote a long memoir recounting his life and adventures. The Chevalier was a somewhat controversial figure, but since he met many famous people, including kings and writers, his memoir has become a valuable historical source about European society in the eighteenth century. However, some critics have raised doubts about the accuracy of the memoir. They claim that the Chevalier distorted or invented many events in the memoir to make his life seem more exciting and glamorous than it really was. For example, in his memoir the Chevalier claims that while living in Switzerland, he was very wealthy, and it is known that he spent a great deal of money there on parties and gambling. However, evidence has recently surfaced that the Chevalier borrowed considerable sums of money from a Swiss merchant. Critics thus argue that if the Chevalier had really been very rich, he would not have needed to borrow money. Critics are also skeptical about the accuracy of the conversations that the Chevalier records in the memoir between himself and the famous writer Voltaire. No one doubts that the Chevalier and Voltaire met and conversed. However, critics complain that the memoir cannot possibly capture these conversations accurately, because it was written many years after the conversations occurred. Critics point out that it is impossible to remember exact phrases from extended conversations held many years earlier. Critics have also questioned the memoir's account of the Chevalier's escape from a notorious prison in Venice, Italy. He claims to have escaped the Venetian prison by using a piece of metal to make a hole in the ceiling and climbing through the roof. Critics claim that while such a daring escape makes for enjoyable reading, it is more likely that the Chevaliers jailers were bribed to free him. They point out that the Chevalier had a number of politically well-connected friends in Venice who could have offered a bribe.
Recently, there has been a ton of debate about the authenticity of memoir written by chevalier. More specifically, in regards to passsages, the writers puts forth the idea that the memoir is not accurate. In the listening passage, the lecturer is quick to point out there are some serious flaws in writer's claim. In fact, the professor believes that the memoir is autheticate to the point that it can be considered a valuable source to study Euroean history, and addresses, in detail, the trouble with each point made in the reading text.
First and foremost, the author states that if chevalier was rich, he would not have borrowed money from other people. some professionls in the field, however, stand in firm opposition to this calim. In the lecture, for example, the speaker addresses this claim and states that most of chevalier's assets were not liquid. he goes on to say that since he might have needed this money instantly for gambling, he used to borrow it from other peoples.
A group of scholars, represnted by the writer think that it is not possible to remember consversations for long duration hence the conversation in the memoir must be incorrect as it was written well after the actual conversation happend. In fact, though, not all experts think this is accurate. The professor supports this by stating that Cavlier used keep a note of day's conversation with Voltair.
Finally, the author wraps this argument by positing that the Cavalier had big political connection and that might have helped him to escape Venice's prison. The story in the memoir is too adeventerous to be true. Not surprisngly, the speaker take an issue with this claim by contending that if the political connection thing is true, many people would have escaped the prison. Additionlly, the evidence of ceiling repair after chevalier's escape support the listener's claim.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 116, Rule ID: IN_REGARD_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'regarding' or 'with regard to'.
Suggestion: regarding; with regard to
...ritten by chevalier. More specifically, in regards to passsages, the writers puts forth the i...
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Line 7, column 119, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Some
... have borrowed money from other people. some professionls in the field, however, sta...
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Line 7, column 278, Rule ID: MOST_SOME_OF_NNS[1]
Message: After 'most of', you should use 'the' ('most of the chevaliers') or simply say ''most chevaliers''.
Suggestion: most of the chevaliers; most chevaliers
...er addresses this claim and states that most of chevaliers assets were not liquid. he goes on to s...
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Line 7, column 321, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: He
...t of chevaliers assets were not liquid. he goes on to say that since he might have...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, hence, however, if, so, then, well, for example, in fact
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 22.412803532 120% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1573.0 1373.03311258 115% => OK
No of words: 311.0 270.72406181 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0578778135 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.19942759058 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69018673364 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 171.0 145.348785872 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549839228296 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 470.7 419.366225166 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.2694841012 49.2860985944 104% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.866666667 110.228320801 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.7333333333 21.698381199 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.8 7.06452816374 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.11170534632 0.272083759551 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0371932304082 0.0996497079465 37% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.032561711495 0.0662205650399 49% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0625238314324 0.162205337803 39% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0219226690564 0.0443174109184 49% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.3589403974 96% => OK
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: 12.07 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.28 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 63.6247240618 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => 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: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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