Often Extraneous Noise Interferes with Our Ability to Hear All

question 9

Multiple Choice

Often extraneous noise interferes with our ability to hear all the sounds in a stream of speech.If a brief burst of noise prevents a phoneme from being heard (e.g. ,"His *ame is Barry") ,what is most likely to occur?

• A)The listener will not understand the sentence.
• B)The listener will be able to understand the sentence and will probably not notice that the burst of noise occurred.
• C)The listener will be able to understand the sentence,will realize that a burst of noise occurred,but probably will not know where the burst occurred.
• D)The listener will be able to understand the sentence,will realize that a burst of noise occurred,and will likely know exactly which phoneme was missing.

Understand the role of prepositions in expressing relationships of time, place, and direction.

Recognize the importance of prepositions in conveying precise meaning in sentences.

Analyze the impact of incorrect preposition use on the clarity and correctness of a sentence.

Develop skills in editing and revising sentences for grammatical accuracy regarding preposition use.

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