TPO-10 - Integrated Writing Task The sea otter is a small mammal that lives in waters along the western coast of North America from California to Alaska. When some sea otter populations off the Alaskan coast started rapidly declining a few years ago, it c

Reading talks about pollution hypothesis which play an important role in declination of sea otter in the past years.The lecturer, on the other hand casts doubts on all claims mentioned in the article.
First of all, the article states oil rigs and industrial chemical pollution were source in Alaskan coast which contaminate the sea water which decrease the otters' resistance to life threatening infection. however, the lecture refuse this no one can find any dead sea otter if infection caused by pollution started killing otter. He argues by looking over to predators hypothesis the otter is killed by predators.
Second, the writer states that environmental pollution effect on entire ecosystem than a single species. Endangered otter also affected in numbers of other sea mammals such as seals and sea lion as well. On contrary, the lecture claims that whales are disappeared from area because of humans.
Finally, the article suggests that scientists believed that environmental factors could also adverse impact on declination of otter. However, the professor says predator hypothesis has more effect rather than pollution hypothesis. He puts forth that predators could greatly decreased the quantities of otter except in shallow location totters' quantity would not decline.

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Average: 8.8 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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...pothesis which play an important role in declination of sea otter in the past yea...
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...lination of sea otter in the past years.The lecturer, on the other hand casts doubt...
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Line 2, column 33, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
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...icle. First of all, the article states oil rigs and industrial chemical polluti...
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Line 2, column 78, Rule ID: WERE_VBB[1]
Message: Did you mean 'where' or 'we'?
Suggestion: where; we
... rigs and industrial chemical pollution were source in Alaskan coast which contamina...
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Suggestion: sourced
... and industrial chemical pollution were source in Alaskan coast which contaminate the ...
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Line 2, column 158, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'otters'' or 'otter's'?
Suggestion: otters'; otter's
...minate the sea water which decrease the otters resistance to life threatening infectio...
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Suggestion: However
...sistance to life threatening infection. however, the lecture refuse this no one can fin...
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... puts forth that predators could greatly decreased the quantities of otter except...
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Line 4, column 275, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'could' requires the base form of the verb: 'decrease'
Suggestion: decrease
...uts forth that predators could greatly decreased the quantities of otter except in shall...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, however, if, look, second, so, well, such as, first of all, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 3.0 10.4613686534 29% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 8.0 22.412803532 36% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 5.01324503311 219% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1086.0 1373.03311258 79% => OK
No of words: 198.0 270.72406181 73% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.48484848485 5.08290768461 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.75116612262 4.04702891845 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71461710109 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 132.0 145.348785872 91% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.666666666667 0.540411800872 123% => OK
syllable_count: 334.8 419.366225166 80% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.8292959539 49.2860985944 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.6 110.228320801 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.8 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.9 7.06452816374 140% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 9.0 4.19205298013 215% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.465834063973 0.272083759551 171% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.166253548485 0.0996497079465 167% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0884592297541 0.0662205650399 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.260784816869 0.162205337803 161% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0692994862687 0.0443174109184 156% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 13.3589403974 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 53.8541721854 81% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.5 12.2367328918 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.84 8.42419426049 117% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => 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: 88.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.5 Out of 30
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