strict policies about coal ash
The reading and the lecture are both about the rules about handling and storing a dangerous material called coal ash, made from coal burning. The author of the reading has provided us with some of the reasons that the companies think the rules should not be stricter. The professor, on the other hand, is not convinced of this. She casts doubt on each and every reason the companies have provided.
To begin with, The reading suggests that there are already enough regulations for handling coal ash, for example, companies have to use liner in every pound of landfill they make. The professor states that the liner regulation is only obligatory for the new landfills and does not apply to old ones. However, the old landfills still cause damages to the environment. For instance, a few years ago one old landfill contaminated groundwater.
Secondly, the author of the reading mentions that with the current rules, the wastes are sold for recycling, but if the rules change, with the emphasis that ash coal ash is dangerous, consumers, who help the recycling process now, might get scared and don't buy the wastes anymore. The professor challenges the validity of this point by saying that, strict policies have been applied to mercury for decades now, but it have not scared the consumers off and it has been safely recycled in all this time. She states that the regulations do not necessarily mean the recycling will stop.
Finally, The reading posits that new regulations will raise the cost of power companies, therefore the cost of electricity would be raised and it is not in the best interest of the people. In contrast, the lecturer's stance is that, although it might increase the cost of the company as much as fifteen billion dollars, for the average consumer, it increases the bill by merely only one percent. So it is well worth.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 190, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...hor of the reading has provided us with some of the reasons that the companies think the ru...
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Line 1, column 269, 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.
...think the rules should not be stricter. The professor, on the other hand, is not co...
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Line 5, column 253, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...cling process now, might get scared and dont buy the wastes anymore. The professor c...
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Line 5, column 419, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'has'?
Suggestion: has
...lied to mercury for decades now, but it have not scared the consumers off and it has...
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Line 7, column 207, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'lecturers'' or 'lecturer's'?
Suggestion: lecturers'; lecturer's
...nterest of the people. In contrast, the lecturers stance is that, although it might incre...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, however, if, second, secondly, so, still, therefore, well, for example, for instance, in contrast, to begin with, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1534.0 1373.03311258 112% => OK
No of words: 315.0 270.72406181 116% => OK
Chars per words: 4.86984126984 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21286593061 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49957617975 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 172.0 145.348785872 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.546031746032 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 467.1 419.366225166 111% => 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: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 72.2487553738 49.2860985944 147% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.571428571 110.228320801 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.5 21.698381199 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.3571428571 7.06452816374 147% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.187156835262 0.272083759551 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.046782657049 0.0996497079465 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0905766685693 0.0662205650399 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0995738915679 0.162205337803 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0755933884193 0.0443174109184 171% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.3589403974 96% => OK
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: 8.39 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 63.6247240618 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => 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: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.