The ways anting helps birds.
The text and the lecture offer two opposing views about the ways anting benefits birds. While the reading passage lists theories on how anting helps birds, the professor repudiates each of the theories as unconvincing, and states that the genuine purpose of birds is not clear yet.
First, the article posits that birds use anting as a way to pacify their skin's irritation while feather change. On the contrary, the lecturer refutes this theory by explaining that the only reason corroborating this thesis is the timing of the anting. In fact, while birds change their feathers during summers, the anting also occurs during the same period of time. According to the professor, it is more a coincidence than a signal of a cause-and-effect relationship. She makes it clear that it may be that anting occurs during summers because ants are more abundant, thereby making it easy for birds to find them. Hence, relieving of skin irritation during summer cannot be a persuasive explanation.
Next, the author claims that birds use the formic acid released by ants as a shield against parasites. In contrast, the professor rejects this idea, and states that if this theory were true, the numbers of birds which become afflicted to parasites such as mites and ticks would become fewer among those birds which are used to anting, while recent researches manifest that this is not the case. Thus, anting has not any significant impact on parasite protection.
Finally, the passage declares that anting aids birds to prepare ants to be eaten. On the other hand, the lecturer counters this assertion, and explains that birds are accustomed to rub various things to their feathers and body, for instance they do so with regard to ciggaret's remains and soap also. For this reason, the act of rubbing some thing to the body is not restricted to the food, and thus cannot be attributed to eating.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ine purpose of birds is not clear yet. First, the article posits that birds use...
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Line 2, column 353, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
... the anting also occurs during the same period of time. According to the professor, it is more...
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Line 3, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...er cannot be a persuasive explanation. Next, the author claims that birds use t...
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Line 4, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ificant impact on parasite protection. Finally, the passage declares that antin...
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Line 4, column 170, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[4]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'accustomed to rubbing'.
Suggestion: accustomed to rubbing
... assertion, and explains that birds are accustomed to rub various things to their feathers and bo...
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Line 4, column 297, Rule ID: ALSO_SENT_END[1]
Message: 'Also' is not used at the end of the sentence. Use 'as well' instead.
Suggestion: as well
...th regard to ciggarets remains and soap also. For this reason, the act of rubbing so...
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Line 4, column 339, Rule ID: ANY_BODY[2]
Message: Did you mean 'something'?
Suggestion: something
...so. For this reason, the act of rubbing some thing to the body is not restricted to the fo...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, hence, if, may, so, thus, while, for instance, in contrast, in fact, such as, on the contrary, with regard to, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1567.0 1373.03311258 114% => OK
No of words: 317.0 270.72406181 117% => OK
Chars per words: 4.94321766562 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21953715646 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52818993947 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 181.0 145.348785872 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.570977917981 0.540411800872 106% => OK
syllable_count: 476.1 419.366225166 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 59.8329306639 49.2860985944 121% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.928571429 110.228320801 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.6428571429 21.698381199 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.0714285714 7.06452816374 157% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 4.19205298013 167% => 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: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.239563863407 0.272083759551 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.08724102708 0.0996497079465 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0944486335575 0.0662205650399 143% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.159490599157 0.162205337803 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.128254077976 0.0443174109184 289% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.3589403974 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 53.8541721854 107% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.67 12.2367328918 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.81 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 63.6247240618 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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