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Yang5s1 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Claim/assert/maintain/show

2.Which of the following words is NOT suitable to be used when citing an author's work?

Carlos (2000)________ that lack of nutrition affected students' academic performance.
A.claimed
B.asserted
C.maintained
D.showed

is C the correct answer?
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Top answer

D. showed. Claiming or asserting something is to say something is true but not necessarily proving it, and to maintain something means to have claimed/asserted something and still believe it to be true.

— Makka2802

  • D.
  • showed.
  • Claiming or asserting something is to say something is true but not necessarily proving it, and to maintain something means to have claimed/asserted something and still believe it to be true.
  • "lack of nutrition affected student's academic performance", this is a statement of fact/truth.
  • That is, lack of nutrition did affect student's academic performance, and because it is a statement of fact/truth means it was proven (he proved that lack of nutrition affected student performance with evidence).
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D. showed.

Claiming or asserting something is to say something is true but not necessarily proving it, and to maintain something means to have claimed/asserted something and still believe it to be true.

"lack of nutrition affected student's academic performance", this is a statement of fact/truth. That is, lack of nutrition did affect student's academic performance
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