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Originally Posted by thevak82  Would an ESL specialist who had the job of vetting the exam would still accept that the stem
Which of the following statements best describes .......
to be without question to be interperted by an ESL students as only ONE response given the word best (as opposed to 'the best') to be a superlative. |
Yes and no. The only way to settle this issue is for you to provide us with an example from the test of the kind of questions introduced by
Which of the following statements best describes ... that require students to choose more than one answer. In that way, we can get a better idea of how the person who wrote the test is using superlative
best.
Does that help?