One of the threats to endangered sea turtle species is the use of nets by commercial shrimp-fishing boats. When turtles get accidentally caught in the nets, they cannot rise to the surface of the ocean to breathe, and they die. Some people suggest that this problem can be solved through an invention called a turtle excluder device (TED) that is incorporated into the nets. A TED provides a passage through which the turtles can escape. However, TEDs have been criticized for several reasons.
First, some shrimpers (shrimp fishers) argue that turtles get trapped only rarely: it is estimated that on average, one shrimp boat accidentally catches about one turtle every month. On the other hand, using TEDs costs the shrimpers some of their catch. Every time the shrimpers cast the nets, a certain percentage of shrimp manage to escape through the turtle passages. The shrimpers complain that the cost of losing shrimp on a daily basis is too high in comparison with the small chance of saving one turtle.
Second, there are alternative methods of protecting sea turtles that may be more effective than TEDs. One method that can be used is shortening the time limit that shrimp boats are allowed to keep their nets underwater. When the time limit is reached, the nets have to be pulled up to the surface, allowing any turtles caught in the net to get air and also giving shrimpers the opportunity to release the turtles from the nets.
Third, TEDs are not effective for larger species of endangered sea turtles. Some species like loggerhead and leatherback turtles can grow to be quite large and cannot fit through the escape passage that standard TEDs provide. Such turtles cannot escape from the nets even if the nets are equipped with TEDs.
The article discusses the new device introduced to save the endangered sea turtles accidentally getting captured in the shrimp-fishing nets. Turtles are often caught in the shrimper's nets and since they cannot rise to the surface they die. According to the reading, a new device called turtle excluder device (TED) is introduced which provides turtles a passage to escape from the nets. The author believes that the device is not efficient way and criticize it. However, The professor avers that the TEDs are a good device and responds to the criticisms.
First, the passage states that the turtles are getting caught in the nets approximately once in a month and using TEDs costs them to lose plenty of shrimps just to save small number of turtles. However, the lecturer avers that there are plenty of boats out there in the sea and even though the turtles are being caught rarely but in overall they are capturing thousands of turtles accidentally.
Second, the reading claims that there are better ways to save endangered turtles such as limiting the time that each net can be kept in the water. this way captured turtles get to the surface earlier and can be returned back to the see. Even tough the professor believes that this is a good idea, she states that there is no way to enforce the shrimpers to obey this rule. She says that there are lot of boats in the sea and patrolling boats cannot control all of them.
Third, the article avers that there are larger turtles that cannot manage through this passage, hence, it is not an efficient way. However, the professor claims that these larger turtles live in specific areas and in those parts of the sea larger passage can be devised to let them escape.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 279, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
.... According to the reading, a new device called turtle excluder device TED is int...
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Line 3, column 303, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[6]
Message: The adverb 'rarely' is usually put between 'are' and 'being'.
Suggestion: are rarely being caught
... in the sea and even though the turtles are being caught rarely but in overall they are capturing thous...
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Line 5, column 148, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: This
...that each net can be kept in the water. this way captured turtles get to the surface...
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Line 5, column 212, Rule ID: RETURN_BACK[1]
Message: Use simply 'returned'.
Suggestion: returned
...s get to the surface earlier and can be returned back to the see. Even tough the professor be...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, hence, however, if, second, so, third, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 10.4613686534 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1418.0 1373.03311258 103% => OK
No of words: 299.0 270.72406181 110% => OK
Chars per words: 4.74247491639 5.08290768461 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1583189471 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.37268754808 2.5805825403 92% => OK
Unique words: 138.0 145.348785872 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.461538461538 0.540411800872 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 441.0 419.366225166 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.9242471344 49.2860985944 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.076923077 110.228320801 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0 21.698381199 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.46153846154 7.06452816374 63% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.298546548569 0.272083759551 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.113677934855 0.0996497079465 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.109185648472 0.0662205650399 165% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.18002218296 0.162205337803 111% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0855761409955 0.0443174109184 193% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 13.3589403974 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 53.8541721854 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.51 12.2367328918 86% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.58 8.42419426049 90% => OK
difficult_words: 53.0 63.6247240618 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => 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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