Clay pots of a particular specific design have earlier been found in the surrounding area of prehistoric village of Karia and so were supposed to have been made exclusively by the people from Karia. However, of late, archeologists discovered a 'Karian' clay pot in Toga, an ancient village across Mist River from Karia. The Mist River is very deep and wide and so the ancient Karians could have crossed it only by boat, and no Karian boats have been found. Hence it is obvious that the so-called Karian clay pots were not uniquely Karian.
At first glance the author's argument appears to be convincing but upon further reflection reveals that it is rife with holes and assumptions. And some of the assumptions needs to be justified in order to consider the argument to be valid.
The argument talks about surrounding area of Karia village but does clearly not talk about in terms of statistical terms of how much square meter or square kilometer area is considered as the surrounding area. It may be the case that the surrounding area considered spans far away from the actual boundaries of Karin village. Also, the argument of the clay pots were made exclusively by Karian villagers is flawed as it is nowhere mentioned that these pots are found prominently inside the Karian village. Just finding them in the surroundings of Karia doesn't mean that they were made in Karia. Also, the number of such pots found can create a large impact on the validity of the argument. If mere 2 or 3 pots have been found then the argument cannot be considered as a valid one.
Further the author talks about the occurrence of similar pots in the vicinity of a nearby village Toga. While Toga and Karian villages are separated by a deep and wide river the argument of the river could only be crossed by boats is flawed. There might be other possibilities such that the river was swum across by the swimmers or their might have existed a bridge connecting the two villages that got disintegrated over the years. Also the fact that no boats were found doesn't strengthen author's argument in any way. The scope and depth for search of boats can be questioned.
The mere fact that these pots didn't belong to either of the villages makes the author's argument even weaker. It might be the case that the pots were introduced to these villages during the business that occurred between the cities and villages in the ancient times.
In conclusion, more of statistical data must be produced in order to validate the authors argument of Karian pots not being uniquely Karian
Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 6 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 5 2
No. of Sentences: 16 15
No. of Words: 353 350
No. of Characters: 1639 1500
No. of Different Words: 174 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.335 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.643 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.512 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 99 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 73 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 56 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 29 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 22.062 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.24 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.562 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.338 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.573 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.083 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
At first glance the authors argument app...
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Line 1, column 24, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
At first glance the authors argument appears to be convincing but u...
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Line 1, column 150, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...is rife with holes and assumptions. And some of the assumptions needs to be justified in or...
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Line 3, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...o consider the argument to be valid. The argument talks about surrounding are...
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Line 3, column 557, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...nding them in the surroundings of Karia doesnt mean that they were made in Karia. Also...
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Line 5, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...cannot be considered as a valid one. Further the author talks about the occur...
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Line 5, column 437, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
... that got disintegrated over the years. Also the fact that no boats were found doesn...
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Line 5, column 476, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
... Also the fact that no boats were found doesnt strengthen authors argument in any way....
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Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...r search of boats can be questioned. The mere fact that these pots didnt belo...
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Line 7, column 34, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...ed. The mere fact that these pots didnt belong to either of the villages makes ...
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Line 7, column 83, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...ong to either of the villages makes the authors argument even weaker. It might be the c...
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Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...s and villages in the ancient times. In conclusion, more of statistical data ...
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Line 9, column 86, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...st be produced in order to validate the authors argument of Karian pots not being uniqu...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, may, so, then, while, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.6327345309 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.9520958084 69% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 11.1786427146 98% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 13.6137724551 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 20.0 28.8173652695 69% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 55.5748502994 88% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 16.3942115768 73% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1670.0 2260.96107784 74% => OK
No of words: 350.0 441.139720559 79% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.77142857143 5.12650576532 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.32530772707 4.56307096286 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52737501962 2.78398813304 91% => OK
Unique words: 176.0 204.123752495 86% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.502857142857 0.468620217663 107% => OK
syllable_count: 527.4 705.55239521 75% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 4.96107784431 40% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.22255489022 47% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 19.7664670659 81% => 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: 21.0 22.8473053892 92% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.1574719826 57.8364921388 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.375 119.503703932 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.875 23.324526521 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.5625 5.70786347227 62% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 13.0 5.25449101796 247% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.20758483034 37% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 6.88822355289 102% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.67664670659 128% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.219419449489 0.218282227539 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0764011900555 0.0743258471296 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.067210000003 0.0701772020484 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.107592844938 0.128457276422 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.106560825274 0.0628817314937 169% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 14.3799401198 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 48.3550499002 121% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.197005988 84% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.39 12.5979740519 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.84 8.32208582834 94% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 98.500998004 71% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.1389221557 93% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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