Plastic has been regarded as one of the foremost breakthrough of the last century and this for good reason. At the time this material revolutionized the industry, making it able to assemble products that were light to carry, virtually unbreakable and affordable. Plastic was the key material that made possible the serial production of computers, TVs, appliances as well as construction material. Unfortunately, over the decades plastic has been produced in such a huge amount, that the environment is overwhelmed with it. Many food and drink companies still rely on plastic to wrap their products, sharping on this way the pollution levels. On the other hand, we should also mention that plastic plays a pivotal role in our day to day life. In this essay I will thus weigh the pros and cons of using plastic and propose some solutions to mitigate the negative effects on the environment.
Since the mid twentieth-century, plastic has made it into our daily life. Thanks to its physical properties this material is extremely versatile and can perennially reused. It is malleable, light, ductile, flexible and rigid at the same time. It can be employed in building cars, computers, machines and appliances. It is also instrumental when it comes to packaging. Food and beverage industries can safely wrap their products in plastic containers and deliver them to supermarkets where customers can pick them from shelves and take them home without running the risk of damaging the content. A life without plastic would be therefore quite difficult to imagine.
On the other hand, although the facts mentioned above depict a rather bright side of plastic, there are also drawbacks that we should take into account. Firstly, plastic is a very durable material and to provide a tangible example, the plastic bags we use daily need from 10 to 1000 years to decompose in landfills. Secondly, research carried out in our oceans found out that water is plagued from microplastic, which actually poses a serious threat for small fishes. Many of them eat those minute pieces of plastic and die. Small changes in the survival of larval fishes can translate into large changes in fish populations with cascading effects up the food chain.
Although I think that plastic remains an essential material, I also believe that its usage should be reduced as reasonably possible in order to curb the effects of plastic on the environment. For example plastic can be recycled and many supermarkets have already banned plastic bags. Instead of going shopping with a plastic bag a good alternative would be using a cotton tote bag. This will have positive effects on our environment as well as on our wallet.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 524, Rule ID: MANY_FEW_UNCOUNTABLE[2]
Message: Use 'much' or 'little' with uncountable nouns.
Suggestion: Much; Little
...the environment is overwhelmed with it. Many food and drink companies still rely on ...
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Line 3, column 166, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'can' requires the base form of the verb: 'reuse'
Suggestion: reuse
...extremely versatile and can perennially reused. It is malleable, light, ductile, flexi...
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Line 3, column 317, 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.
...rs, computers, machines and appliances. It is also instrumental when it comes to p...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, first, firstly, if, second, secondly, so, still, therefore, thus, well, for example, i think, as well as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 7.85571142285 178% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 24.0651302605 170% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 61.0 41.998997996 145% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2250.0 1615.20841683 139% => OK
No of words: 444.0 315.596192385 141% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.06756756757 5.12529762239 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.5903493882 4.20363070211 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.78809543934 2.80592935109 99% => OK
Unique words: 244.0 176.041082164 139% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.54954954955 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 692.1 506.74238477 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 16.0721442886 143% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.2975951904 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.236390258 49.4020404114 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.8260869565 106.682146367 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3043478261 20.7667163134 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.04347826087 7.06120827912 86% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 3.4128256513 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.162379348961 0.244688304435 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0463865616061 0.084324248473 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0509496164891 0.0667982634062 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.103727452284 0.151304729494 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0348866034084 0.056905535591 61% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 13.0946893788 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 50.2224549098 104% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.3001002004 95% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.4159519038 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.88 8.58950901804 103% => OK
difficult_words: 121.0 78.4519038076 154% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.1190380762 95% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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