Writing for Delta

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