Latin A-Level
Elimination of options
What Elimination of options means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Elimination of options
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Reference: OCR
Working the scansion out yourself before looking at the choices, then removing options that misplace a long or short syllable.
Topics that use Elimination of options
- 2c. Content of Unseen Translation (H443/01) (OCR A-Level)
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