Toward the end of his life, the Chevalier de Seingalt (1725−1798) wrote a long memoir recounting his life and adventures. The Chevalier was a somewhat controversial figure, but since he met many famous people, including kings and writers, his memoir has become a valuable historical source about European society in the eighteenth century. However, some critics have raised doubts about the accuracy of the memoir. They claim that the Chevalier distorted or invented many events in the memoir to make his life seem more exciting and glamorous than it really was. For example, in his memoir the Chevalier claims that while living in Switzerland, he was very wealthy, and it is known that he spent a great deal of money there on parties and gambling. However, evidence has recently surfaced that the Chevalier borrowed considerable sums of money from a Swiss merchant. Critics thus argue that if the Chevalier had really been very rich, he would not have needed to borrow money. Critics are also skeptical about the accuracy of the conversations that the Chevalier records in the memoir between himself and the famous writer Voltaire. No one doubts that the Chevalier and Voltaire met and conversed. However, critics complain that the memoir cannot possibly capture these conversations accurately, because it was written many years after the conversations occurred. Critics point out that it is impossible to remember exact phrases from extended conversations held many years earlier. Critics have also questioned the memoir’s account of the Chevalier’s escape from a notorious prison in Venice, Italy. He claims to have escaped the Venetian prison by using a piece of metal to make a hole in the ceiling and climbing through the roof. Critics claim that while such a daring escape makes for enjoyable reading, it is more likely that the Chevalier’s jailers were bribed to free him. They point out that the Chevalier had a number of politically well-connected friends in Venice who could have offered a bribe.
The passage and the lecture is talking about the Chevalier. The reading is posing doubts regarding Chevalier and support three reason. However, lecturer refute this and challenge each of the reason.
First, the reading states that Chevalier is not wealthy, rather he borrowed money. The lecturer oppose this statement and said he was wealthy enough. He states that, Chevalier has enough property and he had sell those property to meet financial needs. On that time, there was exchange of cash for property. As the buyer has delayed to pay the cash, that is why he has borrowed money from others.
Second, the text doubts that Chevalier relation with Voltaire. However, the lecturer challenge the doubt. He provides evidence of writing journal in this case. He further states that, the relation between Chevalier and Voltaire was regular and Chevalier preserved their conversation and later he published on those discussion in various journal.
Third, the reading assumes that Chevalier was not escape the Venice prison and rather he escaped the prison by bribery. The lecturer states the statement is problematic. He states that, Chevalier escaped the prison by banging the ceiling and he did not used bribery. Further, there was a proof of the breaking and replacing of prison cell ceiling, where once Chevalier was incarcerated.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 97, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'opposes'.
Suggestion: opposes
... rather he borrowed money. The lecturer oppose this statement and said he was wealthy ...
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Line 3, column 208, Rule ID: HAD_VBP[1]
Message: Possible agreement error -- use past participle here: 'sold'.
Suggestion: sold
...hevalier has enough property and he had sell those property to meet financial needs....
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Line 3, column 208, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Use past participle here: 'sold'.
Suggestion: sold
...hevalier has enough property and he had sell those property to meet financial needs....
^^^^
Line 3, column 213, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this property' or 'those properties'?
Suggestion: this property; those properties
...ier has enough property and he had sell those property to meet financial needs. On that time, ...
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Line 5, column 310, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this discussion' or 'those discussions'?
Suggestion: this discussion; those discussions
... conversation and later he published on those discussion in various journal. Third, the readi...
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Line 7, column 254, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'did' requires the base form of the verb: 'use'
Suggestion: use
...n by banging the ceiling and he did not used bribery. Further, there was a proof of ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, regarding, second, so, third, talking about
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 18.0 30.3222958057 59% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1128.0 1373.03311258 82% => OK
No of words: 214.0 270.72406181 79% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.27102803738 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.82475343497 4.04702891845 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.51625859984 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 112.0 145.348785872 77% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.523364485981 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 337.5 419.366225166 80% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
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: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 13.0 21.2450331126 61% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.2349258549 49.2860985944 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 70.5 110.228320801 64% => OK
Words per sentence: 13.375 21.698381199 62% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.6875 7.06452816374 52% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => 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: 0.144943373093 0.272083759551 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0498446997517 0.0996497079465 50% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0373970920096 0.0662205650399 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0906092255449 0.162205337803 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0341185238025 0.0443174109184 77% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.1 13.3589403974 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.28 53.8541721854 108% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.69 12.2367328918 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.12 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 52.0 63.6247240618 82% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 5.0 10.7273730684 47% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 7.2 10.498013245 69% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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