BriongloidM to Melbourne · 29 days agoDaily Discussion Thread: Monday, 10 February 2025message-squaremessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareDaily Discussion Thread: Monday, 10 February 2025BriongloidM to Melbourne · 29 days agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squaretombruzzolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·28 days agoIt’s a trick I learnt from copyediting. It helps with typos spellcheck doesn’t pick up. For exam questions it would be good to make sure you don’t miss important modifiers like ‘not’ in a question
minus-squareLowExperience2368linkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoSo the question, “What is that?”, I’d read as, “That is what”?
minus-squaretombruzzolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·28 days agoYou’ve got to read the question forwards again one last time before answering
minus-squareLowExperience2368linkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoSounds like a plan! My mum would always say to read the question three times and this puts a spin on it :)
It’s a trick I learnt from copyediting. It helps with typos spellcheck doesn’t pick up. For exam questions it would be good to make sure you don’t miss important modifiers like ‘not’ in a question
So the question, “What is that?”, I’d read as, “That is what”?
You’ve got to read the question forwards again one last time before answering
Sounds like a plan! My mum would always say to read the question three times and this puts a spin on it :)