Faxes vs. email

[spiky]

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #111 "Faxes", question 9

Faxes are sometimes better it is harder to send someone's ......... via e-mail.

(a) sign
(b) signature
(c) handwriting
(d) signet

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #111 "Faxes", answer 9

Faxes are sometimes better it is harder to send someone's signature via e-mail.

Correct answer: (b) signature

Your answer was: correct
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Faxes are sometimes better it is harder to send someone's signature via e-mail.

The above sentence is completely wrong. How does "Faxes are...better it is harder" fit together?

[Torsten]

You are right, thanks for pointing this out. We'll change it soon.
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[Hieupt]

Hi Torsten,

I think "handwriting" is more general than just "signature". So why isn't "handwriting" a correct answer?

Thanks,
Hieu.
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Thank you very much,
Hieu Phan.

P/s: Please just correct if I'm wrong somewhere!