The Plain of Jars is an archaeological site in the Southeast Asian country of Laos. At the site, hundreds of large stone jars, ranging in size from one to three meters, are scattered across the countryside These numerous large containers are around 2,000 years old. The original purpose of the jars is unknown, but archaeologists have several theories.
The article introduces an archaeological site where hundreds of large stone jars were discovered. The author indicates that the end for these jars is unknown, but several theories explain their existence. Nevertheless, the professor disagrees; he implies that despite these theories, the purpose of these jars is still a mystery. In addition, he states that there are uncertainties about their original purpose.
First, the writer mentions that according to some local residents, the jars may have been used for fermentation. However, the lecturer rebuts this argument and points out that the process of making a stone jar is very time-consuming. Moreover, jars made of clay can serve the same purpose with less amount of effort. In addition, he states that clay jars are just as practical as stone jars for fermentation. As a result, they could not have been used for this matter.
Second, the author remarks that it is plausible for jars to be used as water storage for travelers. In contrast, the professor argues that the routes that travelers used were close to rivers. Therefore there was no need for other sources of water for them.
Finally, the passage suggests that these jars could have been used as a burial site. The speaker believes that, although these large jars may have been used as tombs, there is no indication of covers for them to protect the burial site from the weather. Thus, he notes that this hypothesis is unlikely.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 192, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Therefore,
...at travelers used were close to rivers. Therefore there was no need for other sources of ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, may, moreover, nevertheless, second, so, still, therefore, thus, as to, in addition, in contrast, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 19.0 30.3222958057 63% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1210.0 1373.03311258 88% => OK
No of words: 241.0 270.72406181 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.02074688797 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.94007293032 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64410113488 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 133.0 145.348785872 92% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.551867219917 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 375.3 419.366225166 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 28.5294389866 49.2860985944 58% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 80.6666666667 110.228320801 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.0666666667 21.698381199 74% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.26666666667 7.06452816374 131% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.20745912717 0.272083759551 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0770043982582 0.0996497079465 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0848113653236 0.0662205650399 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.135755921989 0.162205337803 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0763179608326 0.0443174109184 172% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.2 13.3589403974 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.54 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.56 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 63.6247240618 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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