Craft and StructureHardWord for a false belief widely held
Craft and Structure practice question
The ____ that the tower leans because of an earthquake persists in every guidebook, though the records show it was built leaning to correct a surveyor's error.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. misconceptionCorrect
- B. discovery
- C. tradition
- D. instruction
Answer: A. misconception
A widely repeated but false explanation: a misconception.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. discovery
- A discovery would be true.
- C. tradition
- A tradition is a practice, not a false belief.
- D. instruction
- An instruction is not a belief.
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