The reading passage states that the zebra mussel spreading in North America is unstoppable as well as dangerous to the environment and provides three reasons for support. Conversely, the professor argues that there are ways to stop the invasion and are not seriously threaten to the habitat.
First, the author posits that the past experience of the zebra mussel's diffusion from human transportation through ships have proven that the invasion cannot be prevented. The professor refutes this reason by stating that people in the past did not have enough awareness to stop them as of people nowadays. Moreover, he says that the way that zebra mussel can be stopped from spreading is that by vacating the water from ships in a salt ocean before arriving in the destination, which helps to kill the zebra mussels in order to decline their population. Therefore, the zebra mussel will stop expanding.
Secondly, the author mentions that there are no natural predators for zebra mussels, which is a reason to let them dominate in their habitats. However, the professor argues that the zebra mussels have no predictors only in the beginning; thereafter, local birds will change their habitat of feeding to eat on zebra mussels; this is because birds will find no food options to them except zebra mussels; thus, they will have difficulty surviving in their habitat.
Finally, although the reading claims that zebra mussels have negative impacts on fish species, the professor points out that also there are positive impacts toward some fish species. He explains that zebra mussels generate food for bottom-feeding fish which helps to increase the population of these fish species. Accordingly, even though the zebra mussels compete with some fish species, they also benefit other species in its survival.
All in all, according to the professor, the argument that zebra mussels are unstoppable and hazardous to the habitat is inaccurate.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 293, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... not seriously threaten to the habitat. First, the author posits that the past e...
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Line 3, column 35, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experience'.
Suggestion: experience
... First, the author posits that the past experience of the zebra mussels diffusion from hum...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, conversely, finally, first, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, well, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 22.412803532 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1634.0 1373.03311258 119% => OK
No of words: 312.0 270.72406181 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.23717948718 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.20279927342 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.59557606739 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 157.0 145.348785872 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.503205128205 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 493.2 419.366225166 118% => 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: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 65.5048768329 49.2860985944 133% => OK
Chars per sentence: 136.166666667 110.228320801 124% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.0 21.698381199 120% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.4166666667 7.06452816374 147% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.27373068433 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.511122758659 0.272083759551 188% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.195934858054 0.0996497079465 197% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.075534580338 0.0662205650399 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.271487839739 0.162205337803 167% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0618156725159 0.0443174109184 139% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 13.3589403974 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 53.8541721854 84% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.0289183223 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.41 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.82 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 63.6247240618 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.498013245 118% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 61.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.5 Out of 30
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