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Carved stone balls are a curious type of artifact found at a number of |locations in Scotland. They date from the late Neolithic period, around 4,000 years ago. They are round in shape; they were carved from several types of stone; most are about 70 mm in diameter; and many are ornamented to some degree. Archaeologists do not agree about their purpose and meaning, but there are several theories.
The reading and lecture are both about stone balls which were found in Scotland. The author of the reading feels that they are the round shape and curved from different types of shape and archaeologists do not consent with the intention and the meaning. The lecturer challenged the claim made by the author. He cast doubts that theories are not convincing.
To begin with, the author argues that the stone balls were used as a weapon. The article mentions that there is a hole in the ball surface which could be used for holding the ball to throw. The specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. He claims that if the stone balls were used for weapons they must be fracture or will be missing some pieces but the ball was not damaged.
Second, the writer suggests that for their uniform size it can be predicted that they might be used for measure unit. He also elaborates by mentioning that it may be used for quantitative measures for grains, food etc. The lecturer, however, rebuts this by stating that the weight of the ball is different because it was made with different material. Additionally, he says if the ball made with sand it weights must be less then the ball made with metal.
Thirdly, the author posits that with this sophisticated design they must be a symbol of social status. In contrast lecturer's position is that through it was from the neolithic period that time people use name symbol as social status and it is proven. He also noted that it could be definitely wrong that they used stone for the community symbol of status.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 255, 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.
...ent with the intention and the meaning. The lecturer challenged the claim made by t...
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Line 5, column 425, Rule ID: COMP_THAN[2]
Message: Comparison requires 'than', not 'then' nor 'as'.
Suggestion: than
... made with sand it weights must be less then the ball made with metal. Thirdly, th...
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Line 7, column 107, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[2]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: contrast,
...y must be a symbol of social status. In contrast lecturers position is that through it w...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, second, so, then, third, thirdly, in contrast, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 10.4613686534 220% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 22.412803532 152% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 25.0 30.3222958057 82% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1287.0 1373.03311258 94% => OK
No of words: 275.0 270.72406181 102% => OK
Chars per words: 4.68 5.08290768461 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07223819929 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.37229184441 2.5805825403 92% => OK
Unique words: 138.0 145.348785872 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.501818181818 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 388.8 419.366225166 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.9965077623 49.2860985944 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.8 110.228320801 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.3333333333 21.698381199 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.93333333333 7.06452816374 84% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.361931321218 0.272083759551 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.129796140016 0.0996497079465 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0914241189326 0.0662205650399 138% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.228712429376 0.162205337803 141% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0779080381093 0.0443174109184 176% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.8 13.3589403974 73% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 70.13 53.8541721854 130% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.9 11.0289183223 72% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.86 12.2367328918 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.92 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 59.0 63.6247240618 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 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.