One of the threats to endangered sea turtle species is the use of nets by commercial shrimp-fishing boats. When turtles get accidentally caught in the nets, they cannot rise to the surface of the ocean to breathe, and they die. Some people suggest that this problem can be solved through an invention called a turtle excluder device (TED) that is incorporated into the nets. A TED provides a passage through which the turtles can escape. However, TEDs have been criticized for several reasons. First, some shrimpers (shrimp fishers) argue that turtles get trapped only rarely: it is estimated that on average, one shrimp boat accidentally catches about one turtle every month. On the other hand, using TEDs costs the shrimpers some of their catch. Every time the shrimpers cast the nets, a certain percentage of shrimp manage to escape through the turtle passages. The shrimpers complain that the cost of losing shrimp on a daily basis is too high in comparison with the small chance of saving one turtle. Second, there are alternative methods of protecting sea turtles that may be more effective than TEDs. One method that can be used is shortening the time limit that shrimp boats are allowed to keep their nets underwater. When the time limit is reached, the nets have to be pulled up to the surface, allowing any turtles caught in the net to get air and also giving shrimpers the opportunity to release the turtles from the nets. Third, TEDs are not effective for larger species of endangered sea turtles. Some species like loggerhead and leatherback turtles can grow to be quite large and cannot fit through the escape passage that standard TEDs provide. Such turtles cannot escape from the nets even if the nets are equipped with TEDs
There is a great debate about the turtle excluder device(TED), which is used to save endangered turtles. The author gives three disadvantages of using teds in the reading passage, while the professor, in the lecture, contradicts these faults respectively by using three points as supports.
First, the author asserts that turtles rarely get trapped and using teds would lead to lose some shrimp, however, the professor pointed out that it could be a huge number for endangered turtles if each shrimper killed one turtle in one year since there are thousands of shrimpers operating in the United States. Thus, the professor stresses that it is not an individual problem, but the whole turtle population is affected by the whole shrimp industry.
Second, the reading passage suggests other methods, like limiting the time of nets underwater, can be more effective than teds, the lecture stresses that such measure is impossible to enforce because it is hard to be monitored by the government since thousands of shrimp boats far out the sea. however, teds are easy to operate.
Third, despite the statement in the reading part that the escape passage of teds is too small to some large turtles, the professor argues it is not a problem, because the passage can be modified easily. The producer could make large teds to solve the problem.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 13, column 295, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: However
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, second, so, third, thus, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 10.0 22.412803532 45% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => 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: 1147.0 1373.03311258 84% => OK
No of words: 222.0 270.72406181 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.16666666667 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.8600083453 4.04702891845 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.55037709805 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 130.0 145.348785872 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.585585585586 0.540411800872 108% => OK
syllable_count: 350.1 419.366225166 83% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 8.0 13.0662251656 61% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 27.0 21.2450331126 127% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 95.5677115976 49.2860985944 194% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.375 110.228320801 130% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.75 21.698381199 128% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.875 7.06452816374 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
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: 0.163818213499 0.272083759551 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0627390187028 0.0996497079465 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0623997650151 0.0662205650399 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0906526308564 0.162205337803 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0668875064204 0.0443174109184 151% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.8 13.3589403974 126% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.07 53.8541721854 82% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.0289183223 125% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.0 12.2367328918 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.6 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 51.0 63.6247240618 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 19.0 10.7273730684 177% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.498013245 122% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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