Grammar
Grammar
by David Barrett
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of the Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. (Judges 12:5-6)
Microsoft Word 5.1a Grammar
Not in Dictionary: Gileadites
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Not in Dictionary: Ephraimites
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Not in Dictionary: Ephraimites
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Not in Dictionary: Gilead
Suggestions: Gilled
Not in Dictionary: thou
Suggestions: the
Thos
Not in Dictionary: Ephraimite
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Sentence: And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite?
Suggestions: It is preferable to avoid beginning a sentence with And.
Sentence: And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite?
Suggestions: Consider using that as the restrictive relative pronoun.
Sentence: And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite?
Suggestions: This verb group may be in the passive voice.
Sentence: And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite?
Suggestions: Consider I instead of me.
Sentence: And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite?
Suggestions: Consider goes instead of go.
Not in Dictionary: Sibboleth
Suggestions: Shibboleth
Sentence: If he said, Nay; Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right.
Suggestions: Archaic expression. Try an expression like No or And moreover instead.
Sentence: If he said, Nay; Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right.
Suggestions: The semicolon seems inappropriate in this context.
Not in Dictionary: Ephraimites
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Sentence: Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of the Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
Suggestions: Consider slain instead of slew.
Sentence: Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of the Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
Suggestions: Wordy expression. Consider then instead.
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Document Statistics
Counts:
Words...92
Characters...499
Paragraphs...1
Sentences...3
Averages:
Sentences per Paragraph...3
Words per Sentence...30
Characters per Word...4
Readability:
Passive Sentences...33%
Flesch Reading Ease...84.4
Flesch Grade Level...6.5
Flesch-Kincaid...3.9
Statistic may be invalid due to the small sample size.