Did bees (a type of insect) exist on Earth as early as 200 million years ago? Such a theory is supported by the discovery of very old fossil structures that resemble bee nests. The structures have been found inside 200- million-year-old fossilized trees i

The main idea of both the passage and the lecture is about the theory of bees and a special structure dates back to 200 million years ago. With this in mind, the passage casts doubt on the accuracy of this supposition and mentions that these structures cannot be related to the bees. The lecturer, on the other hand, categorically denies all the three episodes of arguments mentioned in the passage, believing that the structures perfectly prove the theories about bees and the arguments of the passage are not convincing at all.
First, both the text and the talk discuss the idea of fossils of actual bees being presented. In this line of thought, the author states that there is no remnants of bees which can be dated back to 200 million years ago. Conversely, the lecturer asserts that there exists another reason for the absence of actual bees. Accordingly, the professor maintains that bees can be fossilized in the trees which secretes a special kind of substance-risin- which is a sticky chemical substance. These kinds of trees might have been rare in those period of time and have become more common later. Thus it can be conclusive that the reason laid behind the fact that there is no remains of actual bees is pertinent to the idea that there was no trees with risin.
Second, both the passage and the lecture put forth the idea of flowering plants. In this regard, the passage explains that bees and flowering plants have evolved closely; however, there is no evidence of flowering plants in 200 million years ago. The lecturer, on the contrary, mentions that bees were existed before flowering plants. In this vein, he further adds that there were no flowering plants at that time and bees used to use other plants like ferns or pine trees. As soon as the flowering plants evolved, the bees had adapted themselves to them.
Third, both the reading and the listening materials are about some details of the structure. In this regard, the passage states that the structure lack some details like caps which have spiral pattern. However, the lecturer opposes this notion, citing that modern bees defend their nest by a chemical substance that is waterproof. When the scientists analyzed the chemical composition of the structure, they have found out that it was the same substance and composition used by bees in that structure.

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Average: 7.3 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 143, Rule ID: THERE_S_MANY[4]
Message: Did you mean 'there are no remnants'?
Suggestion: there are no remnants
...line of thought, the author states that there is no remnants of bees which can be dated back to 200 ...
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Line 2, column 537, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
... of trees might have been rare in those period of time and have become more common later. Thus...
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Line 2, column 587, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...time and have become more common later. Thus it can be conclusive that the reason la...
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Line 2, column 655, Rule ID: THERE_S_MANY[4]
Message: Did you mean 'there are no remains'?
Suggestion: there are no remains
...at the reason laid behind the fact that there is no remains of actual bees is pertinent to the idea...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, conversely, first, however, second, so, third, thus, kind of, on the contrary, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 10.4613686534 182% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 12.0772626932 182% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 22.412803532 152% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 30.3222958057 168% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1946.0 1373.03311258 142% => OK
No of words: 400.0 270.72406181 148% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.865 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.472135955 4.04702891845 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.47203863238 2.5805825403 96% => OK
Unique words: 182.0 145.348785872 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.455 0.540411800872 84% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 587.7 419.366225166 140% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 2.5761589404 272% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.3130177075 49.2860985944 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.111111111 110.228320801 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2222222222 21.698381199 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.05555555556 7.06452816374 86% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.249939323946 0.272083759551 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0807222197613 0.0996497079465 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.070578111547 0.0662205650399 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.147099995521 0.162205337803 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0459416736397 0.0443174109184 104% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 53.8541721854 107% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.26 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.89 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 63.6247240618 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => 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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