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- A grouping ambiguity is _________. A: a peculiar kind of semantic ambiguity. B: a peculiar kind of syntactic ambiguity. C: neither a kind of semantic ambiguity, nor a kind of syntactic ambiguity. D: a structural vagueness.
- What kind of ambiguity exists in the sentence "John is a lion" A: Lexical ambiguity. B: Structural ambiguity. C: Metaphorical ambiguity. D: D. Logic ambiguity.
- In the Academic Writing part, Alex discussed with Ruoqi on academic skills, such as ______. A: plagiarism, paraphrasing and summarizing B: plagiarism, paraphrasing and synthesizing C: how to avoid plagiarism, paraphrase and summarize D: how to avoid plagiarism, paraphrase and synthesize
- 5.To avoid unintended ambiguity
- What should you avoid in academic writing? A: objectivity B: formal terms C: vague terms D: punctuation
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In your academic writing, you should try to maximize the number of content words. One way to do this is to increase the number of nouns or noun phrases.
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Which of the following is NOT a tip for good transition in writing? A: Avoid repeating words B: Use parallel structure C: Use pronouns properly D: Be consistent in the tense
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In academic writing __________ are often used. A: contracted structures B: colloquial words and expressions C: single verbs D: verbal phrases
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Since academic writing is very formal, we’d better avoid the use of slangs, contractions or incomplete sentences. A: 正确 B: 错误
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which one is NOT the rule of writing an outline A: Avoid single subdivisions B: Avoid mixing types C: Make sure the thesis is a complete declarative sentence in the affirmative D: Avoid using parallel structures for the headings of the same rank