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Elis_sophie Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Plague words and phrases
Can someone help me with this question. I have no idea about this.
Plague words and phrases are words and phrases which are used in writing but their presence are not necessary. They are either too wordy, useless, unhelpful or redundant.
How many plague words and phrases are there in the following paragraph? [A plague phrase such as due to the fact that, is counted as one plague phrase.]
a. 6
b. 5
c. 4
d. 7
Plague words and phrases are words and phrases which are used in writing but their presence are not necessary. They are either too wordy, useless, unhelpful or redundant.
How many plague words and phrases are there in the following paragraph? [A plague phrase such as due to the fact that, is counted as one plague phrase.]
Choose one answer.
Basically there are two ways that one approaches internship. One can either regard all the training during the internship as a learning experience regardless of whether or not these are skills one will use in one’s profession or one can accept only the training that practises the skills and theories learned at university as relevant learning experience. Even if very little training is given in professionally-related tasks during the internship, one should be kind of pleased to be given the opportunity to undergo industrial training as it can also provide lots of training in time-management, human management, communication skills plus it helps one to polish up on one’s discipline. Once accepted for internship, many are not sure as to whether they should dress casually or smartly during the training.
a. 6
b. 5
c. 4
d. 7
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I don't think any definitive answer can be given to the question because different editors see different horrors. Here are some problems that I see: Basically there are two ways that one approaches internship. One can either regard all the training during the internship as a learning experience regardless of whether or not these are skills one will use in one’s profession or one can accept only the training that practises the skills and theories learned at university as relevant learning experience .
- I don't think any definitive answer can be given to the question because different editors see different horrors.
- Here are some problems that I see: Basically there are two ways that one approaches internship.
- One can either regard all the training during the internship as a learning experience regardless of whether or not these are skills one will use in one’s profession or one can accept only the training that practises the skills and theories learned at university as relevant learning experience .
- Even if very little training is given in professionally-related tasks during the internship , one should be kind of pleased to be given the opportunity to undergo industrial training as it can also provide lots of training in time-management, human management, communication skills plus it helps one to polish up on one’s discipline.
- Once accepted for internship, many are not sure as to whether they should dress casually or smartly during the training .
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I don't think any definitive answer can be given to the question because different editors see different horrors. Here are some problems that I see:
Basically there are two ways that one approaches internship. One can either regard all the training during the internship as a learning experience regardless of whether or not these are skills one will use in one’s profe
Basically there are two ways that one approaches internship. One can either regard all the training during the internship as a learning experience regardless of whether or not these are skills one will use in one’s profe
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Hi just a trivial thing, but "the fact that" is indeed too wordy, and is not a plague phrase because it is always redundant. To quote William Strunk,: "The fact that is an especially debilitating expression. It should be revised out of every sentence in which it occurs."
Indeed, it may be said there is no such thing as a plague phrase, because in proper writing, "every word must te
Indeed, it may be said there is no such thing as a plague phrase, because in proper writing, "every word must te
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Hi,
isn't 'regardless of whether' redundant or not correct here? You can leave out regardless of? Can you replace it with 'irrespective of' by any chance?
One can either regard all the training during the internship as a learning experience regardless of whether or not these are skills one will use in one’s profession.
isn't 'regardless of whether' redundant or not correct here? You can leave out regardless of? Can you replace it with 'irrespective of' by any chance?
One can either regard all the training during the internship as a learning experience regardless of whether or not these are skills one will use in one’s profession.
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