The reading and the lecture are both about dowsing, which is a acient method of
finding hidden things. The author believes that dowsing, until this day, still have
practical use in many fields, not only to find underground water but also for locating
treasure, oil and gold. The lecturer cast doubt on the claims made by the author. She
is the opinion that dowsing was against the basic law of physic and did not have the
real impact.
To begin with, the author states that by using the forked stick and concentrate in
feeling the vibration of the stick, a dowsing specialist can somehow locate the energy
emmitted by the underground water and pinpoint its location. This point is argue by
the professor. She thinks that this phenomenon is against the basic law of physic.
Futhermore, she points out experiement conducted by researcher using very sensitive
detection device can not sense or detect any signal from the object. She solidifies her
statement by mention about the sensitivity of the detection device that could received
the signal even from outer space. By given out factual evidences, the professor
effectively rebuts the point made in the reading passage.
Secondly, the author believes that dowsing method nowadays still gain it's popularity
in many fields. He thinks that dowsing specialist still have their place in the market.
The professor once again repel this notion. She mentions about strictly control
epxeriment in which all of the variances are fixed, the chance of normal people in
finding underground water is as same as dowsing specialist. By introduce this strictly
control experiment, she rule out the possibility of dowsing method and consider its
effect are merely the hunch of the specialist whom perform the practice.
In conclusion, the lecturer successfully refutes the claims made by the author. She is
the opinion that dowsing method is impractical base on its nonsense in physic law and
depend heavily on the feeling of the one who perform the practice.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 62, 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
...ecture are both about dowsing, which is a acient method of finding hidden things...
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Line 4, column 25, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...o for locating treasure, oil and gold. The lecturer cast doubt on the claims made ...
^^^
Line 9, column 76, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'argued'.
Suggestion: argued
...nd pinpoint its location. This point is argue by the professor. She thinks that this...
^^^^^
Line 19, column 21, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...t strictly control epxeriment in which all of the variances are fixed, the chance of norm...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 21, column 25, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'she' must be used with a third-person verb: 'rules'.
Suggestion: rules
... this strictly control experiment, she rule out the possibility of dowsing method a...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, second, secondly, so, still, in conclusion, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 22.412803532 120% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 30.3222958057 148% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1708.0 1373.03311258 124% => OK
No of words: 329.0 270.72406181 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.1914893617 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.25891501996 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56010787044 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.510638297872 0.540411800872 94% => OK
syllable_count: 513.9 419.366225166 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 3.25607064018 276% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 54.7484970011 49.2860985944 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.470588235 110.228320801 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3529411765 21.698381199 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.23529411765 7.06452816374 60% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 24.0 4.09492273731 586% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.10032662141 0.272083759551 37% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0346017436481 0.0996497079465 35% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0424109805974 0.0662205650399 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0310273993802 0.162205337803 19% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0484028504928 0.0443174109184 109% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 13.3589403974 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.82 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.51 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 63.6247240618 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Maximum four paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 61.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.5 Out of 30
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