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Rh but place an increasing load on the student:

In the first of these questions, the student has only to understand it and choose between 'yes' and 'no.' In the second, he must remember, and in the third he must supply the entire phrase.

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The questions that were chosen to figure in Cummings devices were those that contained 'every/day/week' (because this was a new construction) and 'carry' (because this was a new verb). The team also found opportunities to interject some superficial but useful information about how the people of Mauritius live: which groceries they have to buy daily, and which on a weekly basis, and how various objects are customarily carried.

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