Hedging Quiz

1.     The evidence proves that undergraduates rarely communicate with their parents or grandparents in English.

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• Impeccable!

This is undoubtedly because Chinese students' family members are Hokkien speakers.

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USM students are predominantly Bahasa Melayu speakers.

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On the evidence of the findings presented in Figure 1, it would appear that tertiary students here generally have little need to speak in English outside the classroom.

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It is an iron law that nothing can go faster than light.

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The lack of solar power stations in UK proves that UK is not suitable for solar power.

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USM students probably go on an exchange at least once in their university life.

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