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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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1: The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a professional test development organization in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

Couldn't the above sentence be written as:

The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a professional test developing organization in Princeton, New Jersey, USA?



2: In the Writing section, students write in response to two questions. One question is about a reading passage and a lecture, and the other question is about a general topic.


Is reading being used as an adjective in the above sentence?




3: The content of the new TOEFL test reflects the language that is used in real academic settings. The content is based on a collection of spoken and written language that Educational Testing Service obtained from educational institutions throughout the United States. The spoken language came from lectures, class discussions, office hours, study groups, and service interactions such as conversations at the library. The written language was collected from textbooks and other course materials.

Couldn't the above text be written as:

The content of the new TOEFL test reflects the language that is used in real academic settings. The content is based on a collection of spoken and written language that Educational Testing Service obtains from educational institutions throughout the United States. The spoken language come from lectures, class discussions, office hours, study groups, and service interactions such as conversations at the library. The written language is collected from textbooks and other course materials.
  

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Jackson6612 1: The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a professional test development organization in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Couldn't the above be written as: The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a professional test developing organization in Princeton, New Jersey, USA? No.

  • Jackson6612 1: The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a professional test development organization in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
  • Couldn't the above be written as: The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a professional test developing organization in Princeton, New Jersey, USA?
  • No.
  • The organization's business is 'professional test development'.
  • You can't say developing in that context.
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1: The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a professional test development organization in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

Couldn't the above be written as:

The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a prof

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