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Word Count Rules & Penalties
Task 2 minimum is 250 words. Under-length is a Task Achievement issue. There is no bonus for extreme length.
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Target Analysis for 250 Words
Below 250 → TA penalty. 250–290 → safe operating band for most candidates. Far above 300 → timing and error risk rise. Use the counter as a hard gate before checkout.
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The counter tells you that something is off. The Reality Check shows you exactly where and how to fix it.
Word-by-word grammar highlightsEvery spot where your syntax, spelling or word choice drifted, with corrections.
Precise coherence critiqueWhich transition sentences are repetitive or logically broken, and what to use instead.
Predicted band score matrixTask Response · Coherence & Cohesion · Lexical Resource · Grammar, scored separately.
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- Grammar highlights, word by word
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- Band score for all 4 criteria
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