Rewrite the given sentence by replacing the underlined phrase with another one, from lines 10 – 20. Some academicians think that reward, as a form of discipline, is a simple right or wrong issue.
Answer
Some academicians think that reward, as a form of discipline, is a simple black or white issue.
Explanation: Here, in the sentence, when they use ‘right or wrong’, they mean a ‘this or that’ situation where there is a clear right and clear wrong. There are stark differences between the two; this is what the underlined phrase means .
From the composition:
The business of puncturing illusions is never just black and white . My fellow divers had hundreds of dives under their belt and on the two-hour boat ride