Writing for Delta

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