TPO 07- In an effort to encourage ecologically sustainable forestry practices, an international organization started issuing certifications to wood companies that meet high ecological standards by conserving resources and recycling materials. Companies th

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TPO 07- In an effort to encourage ecologically sustainable forestry practices, an international organization started issuing certifications to wood companies that meet high ecological standards by conserving resources and recycling materials. Companies that receive this certification can attract customers by advertising their products as ecocertified. Around the world, many wood companies have adopted new, ecologically friendly practices in order to receive ecocertification. However, it is unlikely that wood companies in the United States will do the same, for several reasons.

Recently, there has been a ton of debates about certification by international organization to promote the forestry practices which support ecological sustainability. More specifically, in regards to the passages, the author puts forth the idea that american companies may not opt for this 'echocertification'

In the listening passage, the speaker is quick to point out there are some serious flaws in writer's claims. In fact, the professor believes that american companies should go for this certification, and addresses, in details, the trouble with each point in the reading text.

First and formost, the author states that due the abundance in advertising of self claimed tag, people will not trust the another tag associated with wood product. some professionals in the field , however, stand in firm opposition to this claim. In the lecture, for example, the professor addresses this point and states that certification from an international organization is completely different than the self claim by most of the product companies. He goes on to say that customer are able to differenciate between these two.

A group of scholars, represented by author thinks that cost in getting ecocertification may add up in the selling value of wood products, hence people will not buy these products. In fact, though, not all experts in field believe this is accurate. The professor supports this by stating that, if differnce is less between the ecocertified wood product and normal wood product, then people choose other factor over price.

Finally, the author wraps the argument by positing that american wood companies need not keep up with foreign market as their customer base is domestic. Not surprisingly, the speaker take an issue with this claim by contending that if american wood companies do not keep up with international market, companies will have face compititon from foreign companies in America itself.

To sum up, lecturer and the author hold conflicting ground on the certificate issue by american companies.

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Average: 8.1 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 187, Rule ID: IN_REGARD_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'regarding' or 'with regard to'.
Suggestion: regarding; with regard to
...ical sustainability. More specifically, in regards to the passages, the author puts forth the...
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Line 9, column 165, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Some
...other tag associated with wood product. some professionals in the field , however, s...
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Line 9, column 196, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...product. some professionals in the field , however, stand in firm opposition to th...
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Line 9, column 401, Rule ID: RATHER_THEN[2]
Message: Did you mean 'different 'from''? 'Different than' is often considered colloquial style.
Suggestion: from
...al organization is completely different than the self claim by most of the product c...
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Line 25, column 322, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Use past participle here: 'faced'.
Suggestion: faced
...ternational market, companies will have face compititon from foreign companies in Am...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, hence, however, if, may, so, then, for example, in fact, to sum up

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 30.3222958057 171% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1750.0 1373.03311258 127% => OK
No of words: 320.0 270.72406181 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.46875 5.08290768461 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.22948505376 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05223146002 2.5805825403 118% => OK
Unique words: 179.0 145.348785872 123% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.559375 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 521.1 419.366225166 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 2.5761589404 272% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.0504878545 49.2860985944 112% => OK
Chars per sentence: 134.615384615 110.228320801 122% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.6153846154 21.698381199 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.30769230769 7.06452816374 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.09492273731 147% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.429494575822 0.272083759551 158% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.135450582972 0.0996497079465 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0894659328532 0.0662205650399 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.193288779166 0.162205337803 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0947444724742 0.0443174109184 214% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.6 13.3589403974 124% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 53.8541721854 87% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 5.55761589404 202% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.0289183223 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.74 12.2367328918 120% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.33 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.5 10.7273730684 144% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Maximum four paragraphs wanted.

Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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