Which of the Following Statements About Grammar Checkers Is True

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about grammar checkers is true?

• A) Recent versions of grammar and style checkers are much more flexible than older versions.
• B) Writers who use grammar checkers do not need to make grammatical decisions.
• C) Grammar checkers are always correct in their assessment of writing.
• D) Grammar checkers are still in preliminary development and do not offer much help.
• E) Grammar checkers must be purchased separately from most word processing programs.

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Definitions:

Demand Characteristics

Cues in an experiment that suggest to participants what behavior is expected, potentially influencing the outcomes of that experiment.

Falsifiable

A principle that a hypothesis or theory must be capable of being proven false in order to be considered scientific.

Testable Predictions

Hypotheses or statements that can be verified or falsified through experimentation or observation.

Principle of Parsimony

A principle suggesting that one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed to explain something.