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n 1957 a European silver coin dating to the eleventh century was discovered at a Native American archaeological site in the state of Maine in the United States. Many people believed the coin had been originally brought to North America by European explorers known as the Norse, who traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and came into contact with Native Americans almost a thousand years ago.
However, some archaeologists believe that the coin is not a genuine piece of historical evidence but a historical fake; they think that the coin was placed at the site recently by someone who wanted to mislead the public. There are three main reasons why some archaeologists believe that the coin is not genuine historical evidence.
Great Distance from Norse Settlements
First, the Native American site in Maine where the coin was discovered is located very far from other sites documenting a Norse presence in North America. Remains of Norse settlements have been discovered in far eastern Canada. The distance between the Maine site and the Norse settlements in Canada is more than a thousand kilometers, suggesting the coin has no real connection with the settlements.
No Other Coins Found
A second problem is that no other coins have been found at the Canadian sites that were inhabited by the Norse. This suggests that the Norse did not bring any silver coins with them to their North American settlements.
No Use for European Coins
Third, the Norse who traveled to North America would have understood that silver coins would most likely be useless to them. Sitver coins may have been in wide use in Europe at the time, but the Norse, as experienced explorers, would have known that native North Americans did not recognize silver coins as money.
The reading and lecture are both about a silver coin that was found near Native American archaeological site in the state of Maine in the United States. Many people believe that Norse who were the Europian Explorar travled across the Atlantic ocean and came to North America. The author of the reading feels that there was no proper evidence of the silver coin that was brought by the Norse. The lecture challenges the claim made by the author. He expresses doubt about the explanation of the claim for three reasons.
To begin with, the author argues that Norse settled near Canada which was far from the Native American site where the coin found. The article mentions that there was no connection with the settelment of Norse and the coin. The specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. He claims that Norse came into North America 1000 years ago by travelling many places. Not only the coin was found far distance
but other stuff the Norse was brought had discovered far distance. So, it could possible that the coin was also brought by the Norse.
Secondly, the writer suggestes that any other coin was not found in the Canadian site that was used by the Norse. In the lecture, however, rebuts this by mentioning that Norse did not come to live forever and moreover, there was no any proper historical evidence of Norse settlement. He elaborates on this by bringing up the point that it was possible that when Norse traveled they packed all of the coins and headed back to Europe.
Finally, the author posits it was possible that the North American did not know the value of the silver coin. Moreover, silver coin may be worthy in Europe but North American might not know it could be used as a money. In contrast the lecturer position is that Norse may know the value of the coin and silver was appealing to them. They could use the coin as a jweleary, necklece and also could be traded to other place of the world.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: But
... only the coin was found far distance but other stuff the Norse was brought had d...
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Line 11, column 230, Rule ID: NOW[2]
Message: Did you mean 'now' (=at this moment) instead of 'no' (negation)?
Suggestion: now
...to live forever and moreover, there was no any proper historical evidence of Nors...
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Line 11, column 266, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...was no any proper historical evidence of Norse settlement. He elaborates on this ...
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Line 11, column 391, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...le that when Norse traveled they packed all of the coins and headed back to Europe. F...
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Line 15, column 211, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[1]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'money'.
Suggestion: money
...ican might not know it could be used as a money. In contrast the lecturer position is t...
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Line 15, column 223, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[2]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: contrast,
...ot know it could be used as a money. In contrast the lecturer position is that Norse may...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, however, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, in contrast, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 10.4613686534 201% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 12.0772626932 157% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 22.412803532 120% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1607.0 1373.03311258 117% => OK
No of words: 343.0 270.72406181 127% => OK
Chars per words: 4.68513119534 5.08290768461 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.30351707066 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.23271846568 2.5805825403 87% => OK
Unique words: 157.0 145.348785872 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.457725947522 0.540411800872 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 497.7 419.366225166 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 31.7612622195 49.2860985944 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.2777777778 110.228320801 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.0555555556 21.698381199 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.33333333333 7.06452816374 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.302950926598 0.272083759551 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105808351403 0.0996497079465 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0803202477417 0.0662205650399 121% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.184882645585 0.162205337803 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0618733125835 0.0443174109184 140% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.2 13.3589403974 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.92 12.2367328918 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.48 8.42419426049 89% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 63.6247240618 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => 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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