The reading and the lecture are both about the whether the Pterosaurs , which is some type of reptiles, can fly or not. The reading supports the idea that they can't fly, while the lecture casts doubts on this assumption by providing three reasons.
First of all, the article states that Pterosaurs are cold-blooded animals which have slow rate of metabolism, which is necessary to give them the needed amount of energy to fly. The lecturer refutes this suggestion by saying that the Pterosaurs were found to have fur or hair, the same like flying birds, which means that they are warm blooded animals and consequently have high rate of metabolism. Hence, their bodies are capable of producing the amount of energy required to fly.
Secondly, the reading claims that the Pterosaurs are too heavy to be able to raise their bodies from the ground and fly. The lecturer rebuts this claim by stating that the bones of the dinosaurs were hollow, and the structure of the body was light, despite of the large size. Therefore, they were able to flap their wings and fly, just like birds.
Finally, the reading states that the dinosaurs were not able to fly because their legs are not strong enough to lift them up on the air like birds, which they their hind legs to raise themselves in the air. The lecturer refutes his claims by saying that the dinosaurs has four legs or limbs, which were so strong that they could use them to lift them in the air by jumping or running fast and gliding.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 70, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...re both about the whether the Pterosaurs , which is some type of reptiles, can fly...
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Line 1, column 161, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...The reading supports the idea that they cant fly, while the lecture casts doubts on ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, consequently, finally, first, hence, if, second, secondly, so, therefore, while, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalization wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1232.0 1373.03311258 90% => OK
No of words: 263.0 270.72406181 97% => OK
Chars per words: 4.68441064639 5.08290768461 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.02706775958 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.21994258647 2.5805825403 86% => OK
Unique words: 129.0 145.348785872 89% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.490494296578 0.540411800872 91% => OK
syllable_count: 363.6 419.366225166 87% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.8692132124 49.2860985944 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 123.2 110.228320801 112% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.3 21.698381199 121% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.8 7.06452816374 139% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 4.45695364238 22% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.321592359392 0.272083759551 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.134202208456 0.0996497079465 135% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0614457705981 0.0662205650399 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.186522980564 0.162205337803 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0709707036212 0.0443174109184 160% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.8 13.3589403974 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 62.01 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.16 12.2367328918 83% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.21 8.42419426049 86% => OK
difficult_words: 38.0 63.6247240618 60% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.498013245 118% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 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.