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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Dead reckoning
In multiple choice questions, some students pick a random answer because they don't know the answer exactly.
Q1) In this situation, how do you describe action of students' picking a random answer?
I(They) picked a random answer
Q2) Someone related the expression 'dead reckoning' to this situation. So can we say, this situation as dead reckoning or?
What do you think?
Q1) In this situation, how do you describe action of students' picking a random answer?
I(They) picked a random answer
Q2) Someone related the expression 'dead reckoning' to this situation. So can we say, this situation as dead reckoning or?
What do you think?
Top answer
1-- They picked an answer randomly / at random. 2-- No; 'dead reckoning' presupposes a modicum of accuracy. They might have tried to pick the answer 'intuitively', but that word too carries a suggestion of mysterious accuracy.
- 1-- They picked an answer randomly / at random.
- 2-- No; 'dead reckoning' presupposes a modicum of accuracy.
- They might have tried to pick the answer 'intuitively', but that word too carries a suggestion of mysterious accuracy.
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1-- They picked an answer randomly / at random.
2-- No; 'dead reckoning' presupposes a modicum of accuracy. They might have tried to pick the answer 'intuitively', but that word too carries a suggestion of mysterious accuracy.
2-- No; 'dead reckoning' presupposes a modicum of accuracy. They might have tried to pick the answer 'intuitively', but that word too carries a suggestion of mysterious accuracy.
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