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Ambiguity, redundancy and common errors

Question 1 of 10

Question 1 of 10

Correct: "He is junior than me." → He is junior ___ me.

Question 2 of 10

Question 2 of 10

"Visiting relatives can be boring" is ambiguous.

Question 3 of 10

Question 3 of 10

Explain why double negatives should be avoided in formal English, with two examples and corrections.

Question 4 of 10

Question 4 of 10

Correct: "Can you borrow me your book?" → Can you ___ me your book?

Question 5 of 10

Question 5 of 10

Which sentence is ambiguous?

Question 6 of 10

Question 6 of 10

Explain what ambiguity is and show two meanings of "I saw the man with the telescope".

Question 7 of 10

Question 7 of 10

"Revert back" is redundant.

Question 8 of 10

Question 8 of 10

Choose the correct option: Could you ___ me five cedis until Friday?

Question 9 of 10

Question 9 of 10

"I didn't do nothing" is standard English.

Question 10 of 10

Question 10 of 10

Explain redundancy (tautology) and give five examples with corrections.

Questions written by OtisamLMS in the style of the WASSCE. They are not WAEC past questions.