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Columnist: The winner of this year’s national spelling bee won by corr
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Columnist: The winner of this year’s national spelling bee won by correctly spelling the spoken word Ursprache, which means “fame” in German. Given the richness of our language, why must we resort to words taken from modern foreign languages to challenge our best spellers? Ursprache is listed in our dictionary, as are words from many other foreign languages, but future spelling bees should limit themselves to words in our dictionary that have been anglicized in all aspects because spelling English words, not knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics, is the point of these contests.
Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred from the argument above?
A The spelling contest winner knew how to spell most of the anglicized words in the dictionary.
B. Foreign words are more difficult than anglicized words for all contestants to spell.
C. Spelling contestant winners should be determined by their facility with all aspects of language.
D. To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation.
E. The English language contains more borrowed words than most other languages.
Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred from the argument above?
A The spelling contest winner knew how to spell most of the anglicized words in the dictionary.
B. Foreign words are more difficult than anglicized words for all contestants to spell.
C. Spelling contestant winners should be determined by their facility with all aspects of language.
D. To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation.
E. The English language contains more borrowed words than most other languages.
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A) The spelling contest winner knew how to spell most of the anglicized words in the dictionary.
Incorrect. Cannot be inferred.
B) Foreign words are more difficult than anglicized words for all contestants to spell.
Incorrect: Although foreign words are difficult, its difficulty level is not compared with that of anglicized words.
C) Spelling contestant winners should be determined by their facility with all aspects of language.
Incorrect: Spelling contestant winners are determined by spelling, not by winners' facility with all aspects of language.
D) To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation.
Correct: The winner spelled the German word (foreign word). According to columnist,"spelling English words, not knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics, is the point of these contests" So columnist wants best spellers to spell English word instead of having knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics. Thus columnist views that best speller (winner in this case) who spelled a foreign word had a sound knowledge of language and its pronunciation. And, since he was the winner and no one else was, we can definitely conclude that "To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation"
E) The English language contains more borrowed words than most other languages.
Incorrect. There is no such comparison made in the argument.
Incorrect. Cannot be inferred.
B) Foreign words are more difficult than anglicized words for all contestants to spell.
Incorrect: Although foreign words are difficult, its difficulty level is not compared with that of anglicized words.
C) Spelling contestant winners should be determined by their facility with all aspects of language.
Incorrect: Spelling contestant winners are determined by spelling, not by winners' facility with all aspects of language.
D) To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation.
Correct: The winner spelled the German word (foreign word). According to columnist,"spelling English words, not knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics, is the point of these contests" So columnist wants best spellers to spell English word instead of having knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics. Thus columnist views that best speller (winner in this case) who spelled a foreign word had a sound knowledge of language and its pronunciation. And, since he was the winner and no one else was, we can definitely conclude that "To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation"
E) The English language contains more borrowed words than most other languages.
Incorrect. There is no such comparison made in the argument.
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Columnist: The winner of this year’s national spelling bee won by correctly spelling the spoken word Ursprache, which means “fame” in German. Given the richness of our language, why must we resort to words taken from modern foreign languages to challenge our best spellers? Ursprache is listed in our dictionary, as are words from many other foreign languages, but future spelling bees should limit themselves to words in our dictionary that have been anglicized in all aspects because spelling English words, not knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics, is the point of these contests.
Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred from the argument above?
A The spelling contest winner knew how to spell most of the anglicized words in the dictionary.
B. Foreign words are more difficult than anglicized words for all contestants to spell.
C. Spelling contestant winners should be determined by their facility with all aspects of language.
D. To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation.
E. The English language contains more borrowed words than most other languages.
Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred from the argument above?
A The spelling contest winner knew how to spell most of the anglicized words in the dictionary.
B. Foreign words are more difficult than anglicized words for all contestants to spell.
C. Spelling contestant winners should be determined by their facility with all aspects of language.
D. To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation.
E. The English language contains more borrowed words than most other languages.
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
This argument concludes that spelling bees should only use anglicized words in the dictionary because spelling should be the only criterion that determines the winner. To make this point, the author must believe that correctly spelling spoken foreign words requires knowledge of the phonetics of the particular language.
(A) This choice does not have to follow from the argument, as a correct inference must. The winner did not have to know how to spell most of the anglicized words in the dictionary, only the ones that she was given.
(B) This choice does not have to follow from the argument, as a correct inference must. All contestants don’t have to find foreign words more difficult. For instance, the child of German parents might find it easy to spell Ursprache.
(C) This choice does not have to follow from the argument, as a correct inference must. In fact, it must follow from the argument that contestants should be judged only by their spelling ability, not by their facility with "all aspects of language."
(D) CORRECT. The author wants to exclude foreign words because spelling bees should be based only on spelling ability, not on "knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics." Thus, the author must believe that spelling foreign words correctly when they are spoken requires knowledge of the phonetics of the foreign language in question.
(E) This choice does not have to follow from the argument, as a correct inference must. While this might be factually true, no where in the argument is there any comparison between the number of words in English and that of any other language.
