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Friday, September 05, 2008

Enhancing Quality of Answers - Presentation

What does a question test?
• Comprehension of the question
• Logic of answering- sentences, paragraphs
• Spelling, punctuation
• Expression within the given word limit


Common Mistakes/Errors

Mistakes/Errors

Appropriate Usage

english

English

actually, basically

???????????

tough

Difficult, challenging

don’t, can’t

do not, cannot (Contractions)

called as

called

eg, for eg,

e.g.

Yours Faithfully

Yours faithfully

Your’s

Yours


• Difference between speaking and writing
• No religious symbols – Malpractice
• Draw margins and write question numbers outside the margin
• Make paragraphs for longer answers
• Do not write answers in points
• Single inverted commas for titles of poems or essays
• Underline titles of books, plays, films
• Names begin with capital letters
• Quote only if you know exactly
• Avoid use of green or red ink