Life on Mars

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Life on Mars

In this set of materials, the writer postulates about Mars is an ideal planet to live for humans after Earth runs out of resources and provides three reasons to endorse its idea. However, the professor in the listening states that there is no ground to the reasons mentioned in the reading because it is not the reality and gainsays each of them.

First and foremost, the passage begins by asserting the possibility of water on Mars. Through analysis of soil inside both poles through radars, scientists have detected some substances which could be water, an essential element for living. On the other hand, the professor explains that it is not proven yet. Earth is geologically active and warm which is suitable for the presence of water while Mars is relatively cold so the availability of liquid is impossible. Moreover, he states the colored waves scientists received from radars could be a sign of different elements other than water. Hence the presence of water is not certain on Mars until now, the colonization there is impossible.

Next, the speaker further points on the details about the Martian atmosphere which is too harsh for humans to survive. Although microbes can resist an extreme temperature, the bodies of humans are too weak to handle such an environment. In addition, he describes firstly, the atmospheric pressure is below 100, secondly, the temperature is below -7 degrees which will burn the skin of humans when exposed to such a cold climate. These points refute the writer's implication about the possibility of life in the Martian atmosphere because they found the existence of microbes on Mars and the level of ultraviolet radiation Antarctica receives is similar to the rays on Mars.

Ultimately, the article wraps its argument by declaring that in 2012 and 2014, NASA has detected traces of methane gas on Mars which is a valuable source of living for humans. In contrast, the professor ex[plains that there is no evidence about the existence of methane gas on Mars. The experiments are not reliable and the resources used could have malfunctioned. In fact, in 2016 very minute concentration of methanne were found by ETS by using advanced tools on the whole surface of Mars which is not evident enough to support a life.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 594, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...of different elements other than water. Hence the presence of water is not certain on...
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Line 5, column 454, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'writers'' or 'writer's'?
Suggestion: writers'; writer's
...a cold climate. These points refute the writers implication about the possibility of li...
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Line 7, column 206, Rule ID: EN_UNPAIRED_BRACKETS
Message: Unpaired symbol: ']' seems to be missing
...or humans. In contrast, the professor ex[plains that there is no evidence about t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, firstly, hence, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, while, in addition, in contrast, in fact, on the whole, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 10.4613686534 210% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 14.0 22.412803532 62% => OK
Preposition: 61.0 30.3222958057 201% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 13.0 5.01324503311 259% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1885.0 1373.03311258 137% => OK
No of words: 378.0 270.72406181 140% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.98677248677 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.40933352052 4.04702891845 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71398272802 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 145.348785872 141% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.542328042328 0.540411800872 100% => OK
syllable_count: 592.2 419.366225166 141% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => 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: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.9941827164 49.2860985944 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.8125 110.228320801 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.625 21.698381199 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.8125 7.06452816374 125% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.18761092989 0.272083759551 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0538722776802 0.0996497079465 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0778970981041 0.0662205650399 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.10589371033 0.162205337803 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0464737655147 0.0443174109184 105% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 13.3589403974 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 53.8541721854 89% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.0289183223 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.96 12.2367328918 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.87 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 98.0 63.6247240618 154% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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