Both the author of the reading and the lecturer argue if the edmontosaur, one of the most common dinosaur, would migrate in harsh winters in order to survive. Whereas the author claims that the edmontosaur would migrate to warmer climates and gives three reasons of support, the professor finds these reasons unconvincing and rejects each of them with solid pieces of evidence.
The first evidence of the claim made in the article is the diet of the edmontosaur. According to the reading, the edmontosaur would virtually eat plants however, it would be impossible for plants to grow such a long severe winter so, the edmontosaurs might migrate to warmer climates. On the other hand, the professor states that they did not have to migrate since summer seasons were warmer at that period and, 24-hour daylights created suitable conditions for plants to grow. Moreover, the edmontosaur could eat death of the plants during winter.
It is also contended in the article that the edmontosaur would live and move in herds like many modern animals such as buffalo or caribou. This means that they lived in herds so that they could find their destination easily. The speaker, on the contrary, points out that living in herds does not mean they would migrate. She explains that living in herds provides animals extra protection against predators. For example, the elk, a large plant-eating animal, live in herds but does not migrate.
According to the passage, the edmontosaurs were capable of migrating extreme long distances so, they might use this ability to reach far destinations. The professor posits this point by saying that there were also many juveniles, which could not migrate such a long distance, in herds. They could not catch the herd and never reach the destination alone. If adults would have left them, they could not survive.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 366, Rule ID: IF_WOULD_HAVE_VBN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'had left'?
Suggestion: had left
... reach the destination alone. If adults would have left them, they could not survive.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, moreover, so, whereas, for example, such as, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 10.4613686534 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 5.04856512141 277% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 30.3222958057 125% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1544.0 1373.03311258 112% => OK
No of words: 305.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06229508197 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17902490978 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52136476952 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 165.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.540983606557 0.540411800872 100% => OK
syllable_count: 457.2 419.366225166 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.9839190334 49.2860985944 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.933333333 110.228320801 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.3333333333 21.698381199 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.33333333333 7.06452816374 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.390268991991 0.272083759551 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.132822560232 0.0996497079465 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0522324861803 0.0662205650399 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.231153521584 0.162205337803 143% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0405459558579 0.0443174109184 91% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.15 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 68.0 63.6247240618 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => 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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