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