29-GSE-228-Task 35:Strength of claims

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Choose the verb making the weaker claim.

1.The results indicate/establish that there is a link between smoking and lung cancer.

2.Table 9 suggests/shows that the number of articles written and published by nonnative speakers will continue to increase.

3.The latest series of studies question/challenge the conclusions of much previous research.

4.The results given in Figure 4 validate/support the second hypothesis.

5.The quantities displayed in the table have been assumed/ shown to be about 98% accurate.

6.The test results create/suggest a basis for product modification.

7.Changes in ambient temperature may have influenced/ distorted the test results.

8.In their earlier work, they failed/neglected to take ambient temperature into account.

9.As shown in Table3, the new tax laws have encouraged/stimulated industrial investment.

10.Figure 12 depicts/clarifies the relationship between these two systems.