Craft and StructureVery hardTwo views on spelling reform
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Spelling reform would make English easier to learn; its irregular spellings serve no purpose.
Text 2
The irregular spellings record where words came from. The silent letters in knight and debt are the history of the language written into it, and a reformed spelling would erase that record to save a few weeks of learning.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?
- A. Text 2 argues that the irregularity Text 1 calls useless carries information worth keeping.Correct
- B. Text 2 agrees that irregular spellings serve no purpose.
- C. Text 2 argues that English is easy to learn.
- D. Text 1 mentions the history of the language.
Answer: A. Text 2 argues that the irregularity Text 1 calls useless carries information worth keeping.
History written into the words.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Text 2 agrees that irregular spellings serve no purpose.
- Text 2 gives them a purpose.
- C. Text 2 argues that English is easy to learn.
- Text 2 concedes some weeks of learning.
- D. Text 1 mentions the history of the language.
- Only Text 2 does.
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