Answer to Question #298150 in English for Bongi Mabunda

Question

The language components interact with one another. They contain smaller parts, all of

which interact in precise, though limited, ways with each other and with parts of other

components” (Delahunty & Garvey, 2010: 38). Taking into account this statement, study

the language aspects in TUT 501, page 8, Table 1, and then answer the questions that

follow.

Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, if misused, can cause

unreasonable fear.

Source:https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s￾opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020 accessed: 07 June

2021

1.1 Identify the morphological elements that make up each of the following words.

1.1.1 lightly (2 marks)

1.1.2 unreasonable

Answer 1

The word "pandemic" should not be used lightly or carelessly. It's a word that, if used incorrectly, can lead to unfounded fear or an unjustified acceptance that the struggle is over, resulting in unnecessary pain and death. The fact that the situation is being described as a pandemic has no bearing on WHO's assessment of the virus's threat. It has no bearing on what the WHO is doing or what countries should be doing.