Anting in birds and some possible benefits of it.
The text discusses anting, a behavior in birds and by providing some information, states some probable advantages birds may take from this action. On the other hand, the professor goes against all the explanations of the author and states that this behavior is completely unclear, and none of the claims of the text is convincing.
First, the text claims that one of the prone benefits of anting may be its effect on relieving of skin irritations. It also includes that in the summer, birds have more skin irritation and it proves why they do anting more often in the summer. In contrast, the professor refutes this claim and mentions that anting may seem relevant to relieving skin irritation, but it may have some other reasons. He also states that this happening may be due to this point that ants are more active during the summer, and as a result, it is easier for birds to capture them. He also adds that the increase in the number of skin irritation and anting in the summer may be just a coincidence.
Second, the author states that anting may act as a chemical shield and defense against parasites. On the other hand, the professor rejects this claim and explains that if these two actions were related to each other, we could expect less parasites in birds which do anting compared to those which do not. He continues that none of the observations has proved a significant decline in the parasites in birds which do anting.
Third, as it is claimed by the text, anting by releasing formic acid and reducing the bitter taste of the ants, can have a role in food preparation. However, the professor casts doubt on this point and mentions that this hypothesis is doubtful. He provides some more information by stating that some birds rub bitter taste things such as soaps and do not even eat them. In this way he states that the act of anting does not have any clear connection to eating habits of birds and states why the claim made by the author is not correct.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 234, Rule ID: FEWER_LESS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'fewer'? The noun parasites is countable.
Suggestion: fewer
... related to each other, we could expect less parasites in birds which do anting comp...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, second, so, third, in contrast, such as, as a result, 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: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 7.30242825607 192% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 39.0 22.412803532 174% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1629.0 1373.03311258 119% => OK
No of words: 351.0 270.72406181 130% => OK
Chars per words: 4.64102564103 5.08290768461 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.32839392791 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.45514959115 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 145.348785872 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.461538461538 0.540411800872 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 497.7 419.366225166 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 21.2450331126 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 31.1648022288 49.2860985944 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.357142857 110.228320801 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.0714285714 21.698381199 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.64285714286 7.06452816374 108% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => 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: 0.250335091021 0.272083759551 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0931405070849 0.0996497079465 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0614256752221 0.0662205650399 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.152383293059 0.162205337803 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0359548079385 0.0443174109184 81% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 13.3589403974 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 63.02 53.8541721854 117% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.93 12.2367328918 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.03 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 63.6247240618 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.498013245 114% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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