Eco-Friendly Wood
The reading passage and lecture are both about the Eco-certification, which is certification for woods companies that their products are meeting ecological standards by conserving resources and recycling materials. The author of the reading believes that it is unlikely that American wood companies will bother about the certification for several reasons. The lecturer casts doubts on the claims made in the reading article. He thinks that many wood companies in United States will go for eco-certification.
First of all, the author points out that Americans are exposed to so much of advertising, which they will hardly value to eco-certified label. It is mentioned that Americans do not trust much of the advertisements. This point is challenged by the lecturer. She states that Consumers in United States don’t treat all advertisements same. Instead they have a lot of confidence in claims made by independent certification agencies.
Secondly, the author contends that earning a certification label for wood companies in United States will increase the costs. The articles notes that, American consumers are driven by price factor strongly and will choose cheaper wood. The lecturer rebuts this argument. She suggests that earning a certification will not increase the price of the wood by a huge percentage. She claims that it will be only around five percent difference in the price as it will be chosen by environment friendly consumers.
Finally the author states that, for most of the wood companies getting a certification would not benefit as they sell most of their products in United States. On the other hand, lecturer posits that US wood companies definitely pay attention to what’s going in world, as there might be foreign companies might enter American markets offering eco-certified woods, that domestic companies do not.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 357, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
... the certification for several reasons. The lecturer casts doubts on the claims mad...
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Line 2, column 343, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Instead,
...n't treat all advertisements same. Instead they have a lot of confidence in claims...
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Line 3, column 139, Rule ID: AGREEMENT_SENT_START[1]
Message: You should probably use 'note'.
Suggestion: note
...s will increase the costs. The articles notes that, American consumers are driven by ...
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Line 4, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Finally,
...sen by environment friendly consumers. Finally the author states that, for most of the...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, if, second, secondly, so, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 5.04856512141 218% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 5.01324503311 259% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1569.0 1373.03311258 114% => OK
No of words: 290.0 270.72406181 107% => OK
Chars per words: 5.41034482759 5.08290768461 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12666770723 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.08613754497 2.5805825403 120% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 145.348785872 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.510344827586 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 483.3 419.366225166 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => 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: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 54.7551010752 49.2860985944 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.0625 110.228320801 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.125 21.698381199 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.875 7.06452816374 69% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.227089904966 0.272083759551 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0674711041322 0.0996497079465 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0626395860341 0.0662205650399 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.129181524426 0.162205337803 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0557929863582 0.0443174109184 126% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 53.8541721854 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.8 12.2367328918 113% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.96 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 63.6247240618 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.7273730684 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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