Errors in the tests

[Mister Micawber]

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Question mark missing-- HERE.
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Canadian-American native speaker
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ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber

[Alan]

Hi,

I left out the question mark to indicate that it is a request/invitation/instruction assuming the driver will move the car and it is not open for negotiation.

Alan
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English as a Second Language
You can read my ESL story Not Really

[Mister Micawber]

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Very creative, Alan, but I don't think you have that option-- it is still a question by structure if not by pragmatics.
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Canadian-American native speaker
who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's
ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber

[Alan]

It's not a matter of being creative, Charles but merely an indication that this isn't a question and therefore doesn't require a question mark. If you say to someone: Will you close the door. You are not expecting a reply but compliance.

Alan
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English as a Foreign Language
You can read my EFL story Womens' Day

[Mister Micawber]

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Well. how about an exclamation point then-- something to make it look less odd from the western side of the Atlantic?
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Canadian-American native speaker
who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's
ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber

[Yankee]

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Though some may find this hard to believe, I'd agree with Alan on this one.
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Mister Micawber]

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[Tom]

Hi

Very interesting discussion indeed! But please don't leave it unfinished because my posts almost always start like this:

[Yankee]

[Yankee]

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I'd be interested in hearing what others think of this test sentence and what changes would be appropriate:
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic3163.html#63413

(Incomplete/advanced-5 "Learning tips and instructions", question 5 )
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Mister Micawber]

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My effort:

You should read not only novels but also newspapers, so that you can see examples of ......... language.

(a) idiomatic
(b) automatic
(c) axiomatic
(d) symptomatic
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Canadian-American native speaker
who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's
ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber

[Torsten]

Hi Charles,

Thanks for your suggestion, we'll make that change. As for 'examples', we corrected this a long time ago in test itself. The original version stays on the forum though.
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Test Of English for International Communication
TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary

[Mister Micawber]

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[Torsten]

Users take the test on the site, not on the forum so in order to see whether or not a typo has been corrected simply click on the appropriate link.
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Test Of English for International Communication
TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary

[Yankee]