Question
In the aftermath of a traumatic incident, the
contexts in which conversations take place, and the types of interlocutors we talk to, can affect both the precision of our narrative and how we reconstruct the story for ourselves. In the question below, a sentence is given with four words highlighted in bold. From the options, choose the number of highlighted in bold which are contextually or grammatically inappropriate.Solution
The sentence tells us how in the aftermath of a traumatic incident (following a traumatic incident), the contexts in which conversations take place, and the types of interlocutors (persons who takes part in a conversation) we talk to, can affect the precision (accuracy) of our narrative and how we reconstruct (rebuild) the story for ourselves. All the words are contextually apt, which makes (a) the right answer.
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