TPO-13 - Integrated Writing Task Private collectors have been selling and buying fossils, the petrified remains of ancient organisms, ever since the eighteenth century. In recent years, however, the sale of fossils, particularly of dinosaurs and other lar

The article talks about how commercialization of fossils and their private ownership is an unfortunate development for both - the scientist and the general public, and provides three reasons for the same. The speaker, however, disapproves of the arguments provided by the article and provides her own reasonings.

First, the article posits that private ownership of fossils prohibits the public from viewing it thus, which leading to a decline in the public's interest in fossils. The speaker, on the contrary, contradicts the argument by saying that private ownership helps in increasing the fossil's exposure to the public. She states that it is because of popularity of commerical hunting that so many fossils have been discovered in the first place. This causes many local schools and institutions to buy fossils and display them to the public.

Second, it has been said in the article that due to private ownership of fossils, scientists lose access to some of the most important fossils and thereby miss out on crucial discoveries about extinct life forms. The speaker, refutes this argument by saying that such an accusation is unrealistic. She states the fact that before putting a value on any fossil, the fossil has to pass through the hands of scientists who identify the value of the fossil by conducting tests and experiments on it. Thus, scientists don't lose any access to any important information that the fossils might provide.

Third, the article states that private owners of fossils often destroy valuable scientific evidence available in the fossil. The private owners are untrained and aren't interested in carrying out field work that might provide insight on the past animal life. Although, the speaker acknowledges the fact that private fossils owners do damage the fossils, but she argues that if it weren't for them the world would have never known about many fossils. Had the trade not been popular, many fossils would have gone undiscovered.

In sum, the speaker expresses her disapproval of the article's conclusion that private ownership of fossils' disadvantages outweigh its advantages. The speaker also provides cogent arguments to bolster her claim.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 149, Rule ID: GENERAL_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
...opment for both - the scientist and the general public, and provides three reasons for the sam...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 279, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'fossils'' or 'fossil's'?
Suggestion: fossils'; fossil's
...ivate ownership helps in increasing the fossils exposure to the public. She states that...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 514, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...and experiments on it. Thus, scientists dont lose any access to any important inform...
^^^^
Line 7, column 163, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: aren't
...l. The private owners are untrained and arent interested in carrying out field work t...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 380, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: weren't
... the fossils, but she argues that if it werent for them the world would have never kno...
^^^^^^
Line 9, column 54, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'articles'' or 'article's'?
Suggestion: articles'; article's
...peaker expresses her disapproval of the articles conclusion that private ownership of fo...
^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, second, so, third, thus, as to, on the contrary, in the first place

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 47.0 30.3222958057 155% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1842.0 1373.03311258 134% => OK
No of words: 348.0 270.72406181 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.29310344828 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.31911543099 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73479153439 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 179.0 145.348785872 123% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514367816092 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 558.9 419.366225166 133% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.0332335791 49.2860985944 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.125 110.228320801 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.75 21.698381199 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.125 7.06452816374 87% => 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 : 11.0 4.45695364238 247% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.482088229901 0.272083759551 177% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.173802425807 0.0996497079465 174% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.103014384497 0.0662205650399 156% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.273626108536 0.162205337803 169% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.100605818179 0.0443174109184 227% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 13.3589403974 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.4 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.44 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 63.6247240618 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => 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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