TPO No.33
there are some several theories about the porpuse of carved stones found in Scotland. The author provides three possible theories for their use, however the professor in the lecture rejects all of them one by one.
First of all, the passage points out that these stones may have been used as weapones. In fact, because of the holes in them, they could be held on the end of a cord, and served as a weapon. On the other hand, the professer rejects this idea by stating that, these stones are preserved well and none of them are damaged. But, other weapons from same era such as arrows are damaged, and so if stones were used as weapons, they should have been harmed too.
Secondly, the reading suggests that these stones could have ben used as a simple weighing tool. That is becaus most of them are about 70 mm in diameter and so could be used to distribute food or grain between the population. However, the professor rebuts this assumption too. She states that, despite the similar size, they are not from same stone, and thus, their weights and densities are different. So, they are not prone to be utilitarian in measurement.
Finally, the writer asserts that carved stones were used as social indicators. Actually, they are elaborate enough to show people status in the society. Nevertheless, the lecturer deos not see this idea convincing. That is because some of the stones are completely simple an are not likely to show a status. In addition, in that era, when the owner of these stuff died, his indicators were buried with him. But, these stones were not found in the tombs or graves, and probably are were not used to indicate the status.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: There
there are some several theories about the por...
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Line 7, column 232, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...e this idea convincing. That is because some of the stones are completely simple an are not...
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Line 7, column 273, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...ome of the stones are completely simple an are not likely to show a status. In additio...
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Line 7, column 482, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'been'.
Suggestion: been
...n the tombs or graves, and probably are were not used to indicate the status.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, finally, first, however, if, may, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, thus, well, in addition, in fact, such as, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 10.4613686534 229% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 36.0 30.3222958057 119% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1367.0 1373.03311258 100% => OK
No of words: 292.0 270.72406181 108% => OK
Chars per words: 4.68150684932 5.08290768461 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13376432452 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.3063663756 2.5805825403 89% => OK
Unique words: 158.0 145.348785872 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.541095890411 0.540411800872 100% => OK
syllable_count: 432.9 419.366225166 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 3.25607064018 369% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
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: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 26.1148647167 49.2860985944 53% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 80.4117647059 110.228320801 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.1764705882 21.698381199 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.35294117647 7.06452816374 132% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.27373068433 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.407283537594 0.272083759551 150% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.127727277145 0.0996497079465 128% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0767541823359 0.0662205650399 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.248409652625 0.162205337803 153% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0177828238792 0.0443174109184 40% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.2 13.3589403974 69% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.57 12.2367328918 78% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.83 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 62.0 63.6247240618 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => 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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