Question

Technical accuracy of language means
a) Simplicity
b) Correctness of grammar, spelling, and punctuation
c) Active voice
d) Correct alignment

Answer 1

Hint: ‘Technical’ is an adjective that means ‘according to a strict interpretation of the law or set of rules’. ‘Accuracy’ is a noun which means ‘the quality of being near to the true value’.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to identify which of the given options correctly represents what technical accuracy is all about.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'simplicity', refers to the quality of being simple or uncompounded. It is not relevant to the technical accuracy of language, neither does it sound anything like their definitions.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect.

Option (b.), ‘Correctness of grammar, spelling, and punctuation', is what refers to the technical accuracy of language, it refers to the rules and regulations which are followed by language.
Therefore, option (b.) is correct.

Option (c.), ‘active voice', refers to the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as it is a part of grammar.

Option (d.), ‘correct alignment', refers to alignment which is the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as it is not related to the technical accuracy of language.

Note:
 In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of language. Language is a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols. Thus, this will help the student to grasp the concept of the technical use of language.