Tacky, tactful, tactically. The judgmental mind behind this sentence finds his grandmother’s décor “vulgar,” so
the first blank should be a synonym for that. Tacky fits the bill. For the second blank, you need a word that describes
what it is not to tell your grandmother you find all her knick-knacks ugly. Rancorous is the opposite of what you want,
and doting, meaning “be extremely fond of,” goes too far. Tactful fits perfectly. For the third blank, you need a word
that describes being nice to someone in order to get a good birthday present. Amicable doesn’t capture the strategy of
it, but duplicitous is way too negative (it means “deceitful,” which is not really an apt description for the act of
refraining from telling your grandma that she has terrible taste). Tactically, meaning “by way of showing adroit
planning,” is correct.
101. Warded off, mutiny. The second half of the sentence says that the crew became frustrated and decided to take
matters into their own hands, implying that they took over the ship. Mutiny fits perfectly. (A sea change is “a
profound transformation,” while a putsch is “the overthrow of a government.”) For the first blank, you need a word
implying that the captain tried to fight off the mutiny. Dissuading is something you can do only to people (i.e., “I
dissuaded the pirates from mutinying.”). Warded off means “fended off” or “averted,” which is perfect here.
102. Aleatory, dispensations. A “birth lottery” is offered as an example of the sort of element the first word
describes. Since a lottery is random, based on chance, you would like your first word to be something like “due to
luck,” and that is just what aleatory means. The second word looks to be roughly synonymous with “gifts.”
Dispensations will work there, while encumbrances and piques are both negative.
103. Perquisites, abide. For the first word you want something like “non-salary rewards,” and the only word that
means that is perquisites (often informally abbreviated as “perks”). The word but tells you that Anne did not leave for
a larger salary, but stayed for the perquisites. For the second word you want something like “stay,” and only abide can
have that meaning. (Abide more commonly means “tolerate” or “wait for.”)
- The following appeared in a memo to the board of directors of a company that specializes in the delivery of heating oil."Most homes in the northeastern United States, where winters are typically cold, have traditionally used oil as their major fuel for he 77
- The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting you 50
- Your local newspaper would like to have a new regular weekly feature on a subject of interest for readers. Readers are being encouraged to make suggestions sent in an email to the newspaper. Write an email to the newspaper. In your email- suggest a topic 56
- The following appeared in a memorandum from the owner of Movies Galore, a chain of movie-rental stores."In order to stop the recent decline in our profits, we must reduce operating expenses at Movies Galore's ten movie-rental store 63
- Nowadays, people spend too much time at work to the extent that they hardly have time for their personal life. Discuss 60
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 117, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
...is grandmother's décor 'vulgar,' so the first blank should be a synony...
^^^^^^
Line 4, column 47, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
...ting, meaning 'be extremely fond of,' goes too far. Tactful fits perfectly. ...
^^^^^^
Line 6, column 65, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
...ay too negative it means 'deceitful,' which is not really an apt description...
^^^^^^
Line 8, column 9, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
...'by way of showing adroit planning,' is correct. 101. Warded off, mutiny. ...
^^^^^^
Line 11, column 24, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
...ange is 'a profound transformation,' while a putsch is 'the overthrow ...
^^^^^^
Line 13, column 102, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
... 'fended off' or 'averted,' which is perfect here. 102. Aleatory,...
^^^^^^
Line 14, column 30, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'An' instead of 'A' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: An
...ct here. 102. Aleatory, dispensations. A 'birth lottery' is offered as...
^
Line 16, column 5, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
... to be something like 'due to luck,' and that is just what aleatory means. ...
^^^^^^
Line 18, column 92, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
... something like 'non-salary rewards,' and the only word that means that is ...
^^^^^^
Line 20, column 104, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
... word you want something like 'stay,' and only abide can have that meaning....
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, look, really, second, so, third, while, sort of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 58.6224719101 63% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2081.0 2235.4752809 93% => OK
No of words: 377.0 442.535393258 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.5198938992 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4064143971 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.63866951661 2.79657885939 130% => OK
Unique words: 222.0 215.323595506 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.588859416446 0.4932671777 119% => OK
syllable_count: 601.2 704.065955056 85% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 10.0 4.99550561798 200% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 62.663563753 60.3974514979 104% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.5909090909 118.986275619 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.1363636364 23.4991977007 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.86363636364 5.21951772744 55% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 21.0 4.97078651685 422% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 10.0 7.80617977528 128% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0599175839066 0.243740707755 25% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0232408600689 0.0831039109588 28% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0224770825582 0.0758088955206 30% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0275106099452 0.150359130593 18% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0220916309493 0.0667264976115 33% => 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: 13.1 14.1392134831 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 48.8420337079 111% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.44 12.1639044944 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.63 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 99.0 100.480337079 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 11.8971910112 50% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 6
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