17. Choose the statement below that is not true.
A. A spell checker may call attention to a word that is, in fact, spelled correctly.
B. A spell checker can distinguish between homonyms like our and hour.
C. A spell checker will pick up most typographical errors such as letter reversals.
D. Most spell checkers will replace your misspelled words with the properly spelled ones.
18. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Near-homonyms are words that sound exactly alike.
B. Homonyms are words that are sometimes confused because their sounds are similar, though not identical.
C. Conscience and conscious are homonyms.
D. Pro ject´ (v.) and proj´ ect (n.) are near-homonyms.
19. The denotative meaning of a word is
A. not its literal meaning
B. the shade of meaning that that word acquires through use.
C. easily determined by consulting a thesaurus.
D. the literal meaning of the word.
20. Choose the plural noun that's spelled correctly.
A. Phenomenons
B. Father-in-laws
C. Editors in chief
D. Attorney's
2006-07-31
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