Writing for Delta

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What's wrong with "The group of students was phased by being asked to pour over the text."?
1. It should be 'pore'
2. It should be 'fazed' and 'pore'
3. It should be 'were', 'fazed' and 'pore'
4. It should be 'fazed'
In "It is conceivable that this may be due to ..." we have two examples of:
1. unacceptable vagueness
2. ambiguity of expression
3. acceptable hedging
4. tautology
et al. and et seq. mean:
1. and others and and the following respectively
2. the same
3. allowed and and the following respectively
4. and others and elsewhere respectively
Bullet points:
1. should not be used
2. should be used to save words
3. should be explained as well as used
4. should always be used for list of more than two items
What's wrong with writing: "This is a fun activity which is great for practising the forms."
1. The word 'practising' is misspelt
2. It is an overuse of simile
3. 'fun' is not an attributive adjective and 'great' has little meaning
4. It is not clear what 'This' refers to
If I change all the words in what a writer says but keep the sense, I do not need to credit the author.
1. False
2. But I do need to put the reference in the bibliography
3. True
In: "The students are mostly young on the other hand they have had some international experience." we have:
1. a misused conjunct
2. a run-on sentence
3. a hanging participle
4. a misused conjunction
The word 'postulate' means:
1. speculate
2. argue
3. aver
4. suggest