Palm oil, a liquid produced by palm trees and used for cooking and other purposes, has become very popular in recent years. As a result, the palm oil industry has had a dramatic impact on the economies and landscapes of countries in which it operates. When asked to make a recommendation about whether expanding palm oil production even more would be good or bad for the environment and the economy, many experts have stated that palm oil production has several positive effects and should be expanded.
First, the experts point out that palm tree farming helps preserve the world’s forests. Palm trees have a very high oil yield – far higher than that of other crops. For this reason, farming palm trees requires less land than farming other crops to produce the same economic value. Since palm tree farms require relatively little land (compared with many other crops), palm tree plantations require the clearing of smaller areas of forest than many other crops would. In other words, palm tree farms cause less deforestation and therefore have a lesser negative impact on the environment than other types of crops.
Second, palm oil is sometimes used to produce biodiesel, a fuel for motor vehicles. Using biodiesel in vehicle engines create fewer carbon emissions than using traditional fossil fuels does. Carbon emissions are known to contribute to climate change. Biodiesel from palm oil, when used as an alternative to fossil fuels, can help reduce this effect.
Third, palm oil production helps reduce poverty among small-scale farmers. About 50 percent to 70 percent of land used for farming in palm-oil-producing countries is actually cleared by small-scale, low-income family farmers. Growing palm trees is usually more profitable for such farmers than growing other crops, and it has in many cases helped improve the farmers’ standard of living.
The reading mentions three possible advantages of palm oil producion for both people and the environment. The lecturer, however, refutes all the benefits discussed by the author and finds them dubious.
First, the passage claims that palm oil production would be an asset for the forests protection because palm trees need less lands to be cultivated on. The professor, on the other hand, rejects this notion. He states that this is acceptable that palm trees do not need much area. The problem is thst currently this product is being poular among people ,for both food and cosmetic needs, which brings about an increasing demand in the future. As a result, inorder to address the peoples' desire, the farmers should clear more lands to produce more oil palm.
Second, the reading states that palm oil is applied to produce biodiesel, which is an environmental-friendly fuel with a low percentage of carbon. The professor, conversely, states that it is true that biodiesel may emit less carbon, but the process of making palm oil causes damages to the environment. In fact, to prepare lands to cultivate palm trees, farmers need to burn plants which increases the emission of harmful particles like carbon dioxide to the air.
Finally, the author states that palm trees would be beneficial for poor farmers as it helps them to grow more profitable products than before. The lecturer, in contrast, asserts that growing palm trees would not significantly change the small-scale farmers' financial situation. In fact, large-scale farmers would quickly take the control of those lands and pay poor farmers a small amount of money instead.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 78, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'forests'' or 'forest's'?
Suggestion: forests'; forest's
...il production would be an asset for the forests protection because palm trees need less...
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Line 3, column 121, Rule ID: FEWER_LESS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'fewer'? The noun lands is countable.
Suggestion: fewer
...ests protection because palm trees need less lands to be cultivated on. The professo...
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Line 3, column 352, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...his product is being poular among people ,for both food and cosmetic needs, which ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, finally, first, however, if, may, second, so, in contrast, in fact, as a result, it is true, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1375.0 1373.03311258 100% => OK
No of words: 267.0 270.72406181 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.14981273408 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.04229324003 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70182603698 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 153.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.573033707865 0.540411800872 106% => OK
syllable_count: 394.2 419.366225166 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 33.1280463599 49.2860985944 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.769230769 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.5384615385 21.698381199 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.76923076923 7.06452816374 138% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.257020044295 0.272083759551 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0992048429166 0.0996497079465 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0629807288521 0.0662205650399 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.155406186278 0.162205337803 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.05298256909 0.0443174109184 120% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => 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: 12.59 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.83 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.