well, i should warn you that i don't really have any special linguistics expertise on these subjects - just the results of some casual observation. i think the revised version you mention will probably diminish the effect, and if you only have two questions, so you can't space them out, it's about the best you can do. also remember that students will find some ways to screw things up no matter how good the directions are. one should do one's best to avoid making things more ambiguous or misleading than necessary, but one isn't obligated to include a little clause to specifically dispel every possible misreading (and even if one did, most people probably wouldn't read it).
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Date: 2009-05-11 06:52 pm (UTC)