EXERCISE 9.1
Correcting Errors with Adjectives and Adverbs
Correct any errors involving adjectives and adverbs in the following sentences.
1. The site is an open source, online encyclopedia where anyone can contribute, even if he or she writes bad or inaccurate.
2. Wikipedia has many advantages that reflect good upon it as a source.
3. There is not nothing more convenient for getting information real quick.
4. In a way, encyclopedias are more unique because Web sites can grow to include any subject that anyone finds interesting.
5. Wikipedia relies heavy on the knowledge and interests of millions of people, rather than on the choices of a small group of experts.
6. The site has some really downsides too.
7. Some of the information on Wikipedia can be awful inaccurate.
8. Many teachers and professors don’t allow no students to use Wikipedia for research.
9. When students rely entire on the site, their papers usually don’t get good grades.
10. If they choose to use the site, students should make it more clearer to their professors that they have researched their subjects thorough.