Your speech should contain main points, with one being greater in importance

Deborah Tannen offers an explanation for why it may seem that men don't listen to women. She claims that

a. most men are tired of listening to talkative women. b. men don't listen as a way of establishing power and authority. c. men aren't interested in listening empathically, regardless of the speaker. d. many men don't show they are listening, whereas women do. e. men focus on analytical listening rather than other forms of listening.

Sometimes a word will have more than one common ly used spelling; in those cases, either spelling is correct when we are writing for the mass media

Indicate whether the statement is true or false