Question

The blades on wind turbines move, so they can, like, harm a flying animal. 7. In this sentence from a recording of a student's presentation, the word like is an example of alan O A. verb. O B. speaking crutch. O C. transitional phrase. O D. adjective​

Answer 1

OB. Speaking crutch.

Step-by-step explanation:

Speaking crunch or verbal crunch is the use of unnecessary filter words used in speaking to allow the speaker a bit of time to think or breathe. Such words do not add to the meaning of the word nor do they have any use in it, except to give a short time or delayed deliverance to the speech.

In the given sentence, the word "like" is a speaking crunch word for it provides a sort of unnecessary and extra word for the sentence.