Select the option that rectifies the incorrectly spelt words in the given…
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Select the option that rectifies the incorrectly spelt words in the given
paragraph.
The essay offers a compelling account of hermeneutic instability, though its
phenomenalogical framing feels overstated. While the writer's style is
consciencious, it suffers from an overreliance on jargon. The argument
frequently leans on epistomological assumptions that remain unexplored.
Still, its ambition to bridge theory and praxis is commendible.
Answer: C. phenomenological, conscientious, epistemological, commendable — Concept: In a 'find the correctly spelt paragraph' item, only the words that are actually misspelt in the passage need correction - a word that is already…
- A.
hermenetic, conscientious, epistemological, commendable
- B.
phenomenological, conscientious, epistemological, frequiently
- C.
phenomenological, conscientious, epistemological, commendable
- D.
phenomenological, jargoan, epistemological, commendable
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Correct answer: C
Concept: In a 'find the correctly spelt paragraph' item, only the words that are actually misspelt in the passage need correction - a word that is already spelt correctly must never be swapped for a different form, and every substitute spelling offered must itself match the standard dictionary form. Frequent trouble spots are Greek-root '-ological' adjectives (phenomenology to phenomenological, epistemology to epistemological), the 'conscience + -tious' pattern (conscientious), and the '-able' vs '-ible' suffix choice (commendable).
Application: Checking the passage word by word against these patterns:
'phenomenalogical' (in "phenomenalogical framing") breaks the '-ological' pattern shared by 'psychological' and 'sociological'; the standard form is 'phenomenological'.
'consciencious' (in "the writer's style is consciencious") replaces the 't' of the 'conscience + -tious' pattern with a 'c'; the standard form is 'conscientious'.
'epistomological' (in "epistomological assumptions") swaps the vowel in the root 'epistem-'; the standard form is 'epistemological'.
'commendible' (in "is commendible") uses an '-ible' ending where the word actually takes '-able'; the standard form is 'commendable'.
The passage's other technical-sounding words - 'hermeneutic', 'frequently', and 'jargon' - are already spelt in their standard form and must not be altered.
Cross-check: Matching each option against these four corrected forms together - only the option giving exactly phenomenological, conscientious, epistemological, commendable accounts for all four genuine misspellings while leaving the already-correct words (hermeneutic, frequently, jargon) untouched; every other option either revises an already-correct word or leaves a genuine misspelling unfixed.
Hence the option listing phenomenological, conscientious, epistemological, commendable is correct.