Questões de Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects para Concursos Diversos | CONCURSO

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The word “thus”, in “many mothers do not breastfeed their children, thus weakening the immune system” (line 22), can, without changing its meaning, be replaced for thereby.

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In “Malnutrition happens when people lack nutrients, vitamins and minerals” (line 6), “lack” can be replaced, without changing its meaning, by have insufficient.

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The final “s” in “ideas” (line 2) and “brains” (line 8) is pronounced in the same way.

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since is a correct alternative for “as”, in “as even people” (lines 11 and 12).

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The letter “s” in “this” (line 5) is pronounced “z”.

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The “ed” ending in “produced” (line 2) is pronounced differently from the “ed” ending in “performed” (line 6).

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The “th” in “health” (line 16) and “rather” (line 18) is pronounced in the same way.

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The use of the hyphen in “well‐documented” (line 5) is optional.

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The word though can be used instead of “even though” (line 2) without affecting the meaning of the sentence.

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There are two modal verbs in the last sentence of the text.

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The phrase “should be” (ℓ.19) can be replaced with might be without changing the meaning of the sentence.

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Deadly brain aneurysms caused by holding back sneezes are extremely rare.

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At the time the article was written, the man was still ill.

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The man was treated with antibiotics because he caught an infection.

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The man was unable to eat normally while he was in hospital.