The yellow crazy ant is one of the world's most destructive invasive species (species that are not native to an area but rather introduced to it).It has spread to many regions of Earth and caused great damage to native ecosystems.In recent decades, the crazy ant has invaded part of a unique palm forest on one of the Seychelles Islands off the coast of Africa.Some strategies are being considered to stop the ant from spreading farther and damaging the unique ecosystem of the palm forest.
One of the strategies proposed to stop the ants is to use traps containing a low concentration of chemicals that are toxic to the ants.These ant traps have been successfully used in other locations,such as an island near Australia,where up to 99 percent of the invasive ant population has been killed by traps.
Another strategy would be to cut down broad-leaved trees,which are the ants favorite habitat.Broad-leaved trees host a type of insect that provides food (a sugary substance)for the yellow crazy ants.The broad-leaved trees are not native to the palm forest;they were introduced there recently.Removing the trees would not damage the palm forest ecosystem,but it would reduce the extent of the habitat preferred by the invasive ants,which might reduce their population.
Finally,it has been noted that ant populations are significantly denser near areas with human activity.Recently,a sharp increase in yellow crazy ants has been observed at one edge of the palm forest where a new visitor center was built,which suggests that more ants were transported to the area with construction material used for the center and that the ants have been eating food left behind by visitors there.Limiting human activity near the palm forest could help reduce ant populations.
The passage discusses that yellow crazy ants as one of the most destructive invasive pieces worldwide that has brought about a plethora number of damage to native ecosystems. In the following, the writer puts forward several solutions to mitigate their impact. The lecture, however, finds none of them practical by presenting some rational counterarguments.
First and foremost, the reading asserts that exploiting traps that contain some degree of chemical toxicity will prevent the yellow ants from dominating more areas because this has a positive response used on an island near Australia. On the other hand, the professor points out that the proposed trap does not differentiate yellow ants from other ant species which results in killing native species as well. Therefore, This solution is not reliable.
Secondly, the article claims that cutting down broad-leaved trees all of which host the insect that provides food for yellow ants will decline in population. Conversely, the speaker clears out that yellow ants thrive in several different ways including sunlight. As a result, if we cut down trees, they will have access to more sunlight hence thriving even more.
Last but not least, the passage, mentions limiting human activity as they left food behind that is useful for yellow ants. In stark contrast, the professor reveals this may slow down their population growth but it will have an adverse effect on the local economy since tourism and scientists are the source of income for the local community.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 220, Rule ID: NUMEROUS_DIFFERENT[1]
Message: Use simply 'several'.
Suggestion: several
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, first, hence, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, as a result, 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: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1277.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 243.0 270.72406181 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.25514403292 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.94822203886 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58763651969 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 160.0 145.348785872 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.658436213992 0.540411800872 122% => OK
syllable_count: 387.9 419.366225166 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => 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: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.7230476282 49.2860985944 115% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.090909091 110.228320801 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.0909090909 21.698381199 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.7272727273 7.06452816374 152% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
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: 0.193193494079 0.272083759551 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0625950284643 0.0996497079465 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0906088464603 0.0662205650399 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.107059946638 0.162205337803 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0714795659088 0.0443174109184 161% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 13.3589403974 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 53.8541721854 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.2367328918 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.15 8.42419426049 109% => OK
difficult_words: 68.0 63.6247240618 107% => 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: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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