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x Which sentence is not written in an
appropriately formal, academic
language?
x
A
B
C
A lot of the words in
the book are crazy,
man, and, like, so
not-cool looking at
those words from
today.
The African author,
Chinua Achebe,
wrote a famous essay
arguing that Conrad's
nove is incurably
racist and should not
be taught.
The novel Heart of
Darkness by Joseph
Conrad has
remarkable staying
power in English
curriculums for a
book written in 1899.

1 Answer

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Answer: "A lot of the words in the book are crazy, man, and, like, so not-cool looking at those words from today."

Explanation: The commas are placed where they are not needed, making the sentence hard to read, and informal interjections such as "like, so not".

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