The author of the reading believes that the main reason why sea otters have disappeared is pollution. However, the lecturer states that the main reason for the reduction in the number of sea otters comes from hunting.
The author of the reading believes that the main reason why sea otters have disappeared is the pollution situation. However, the lecturer states that the main reason of reduction in number of sea otters comes from the other end - hunting. She uses the following evidence to indicate that it is quite possible that the main reason of reduction in number of sea otters is hunting instead of pollution.
First of all, the professor posits that the theory around the pollution issues is weakened because there are no dead otters anywhere around the water. On one hand the evidence concerning that nobody can find a dead otter weakened the argument of the author, on the other hand this evidence strengthens the hunting theory. The lack of dead sea otters demonstrates evidence against the pollution factors.
Secondly, the lecturer posits that the number of other mammals such as whales has also decreased, in addition she states that the sea whale is the main source of nutrition for orcas, known as killer whales. Furthermore she pays our attention on the fact that human beings are also responsible for the decrease in population of otters through fishing activities. In terms of decreased population of the main food source of the orcas, they try to find alternative sources of food and begin hunting smaller mammals, such as sea lions and seals. However the reading contends that the decrease in other sea mammals points to environmental pollution, since it should affect the entire sea ecosystem rather than a single species.
Finally, by stating the inability of orcas to reach otters in such locations as shallows, where population of otters did not decrease at that time, the lecturer again bolsters the idea of hunting instead of pollution. To demonstrate this she points to the fact that there is no adverse change of population of otters in unreachable to orcas locations. On the other hand, the author of the reading states that the ocean currents could create uneven distribution of pollutants along the coast, which could be an alternative explanation survival of otters in unreachable to killer whales locations.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 197, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'otters'' or 'otter's'?
Suggestion: otters'; otter's
...in reason of reduction in number of sea otters comes from the other end - hunting. She...
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Line 3, column 207, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Furthermore,
...tion for orcas, known as killer whales. Furthermore she pays our attention on the fact that...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 542, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...r mammals, such as sea lions and seals. However the reading contends that the decrease ...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, furthermore, however, second, secondly, so, then, as to, in addition, such as, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 56.0 30.3222958057 185% => OK
Nominalization: 23.0 5.01324503311 459% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1776.0 1373.03311258 129% => OK
No of words: 351.0 270.72406181 130% => OK
Chars per words: 5.05982905983 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.32839392791 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64022420121 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.472934472934 0.540411800872 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 550.8 419.366225166 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 2.5761589404 311% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 21.2450331126 127% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 42.7733810936 49.2860985944 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 136.615384615 110.228320801 124% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0 21.698381199 124% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.5384615385 7.06452816374 149% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.51417668897 0.272083759551 189% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.199652078785 0.0996497079465 200% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.179033308407 0.0662205650399 270% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.322948498973 0.162205337803 199% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.248277252072 0.0443174109184 560% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.9 13.3589403974 119% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.07 53.8541721854 82% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.0289183223 125% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.36 12.2367328918 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.39 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 63.6247240618 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.498013245 122% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => 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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