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SUBORDINATE CLAUSES 271
Please do not forget some of the useful evaluative adjectives and adverbs such as
(see chap. 9):]
accurate(-ly) careful(-ly) clear(-ly)
inaccurate(-ly) inconclusive(-ly)
Positive Evaluative Adjectives and Adverbs
correct(-ly) good/well important(-ly)
impressive(-ly) interesting(-ly) right(-ly)
significant(-ly) special(-ly)
thorough(-ly)
unconvincing(-ly) unsatisfactory(-ly)
Negative Evaluative Adjectives
limited(-ly) misguided(-ly) minor questionable(-ly)
Sample 3. In 2000, 84% of the U.S. population lived in the same place of residence they did 1year earlier. Of the remainder, 10%moved to a different residence in the same area or city, 3%relocated from another area in the same state, 3%moved from another state, and 1% moved from abroad. In addition, 11%of the U.S.population are foreign-born, whereas 89%are native. Among the native population, 67% continue to live in the state of their birth.
Please propose a tentative explanation (3-5 paragraphs) for the reasons that a rel- atively large number of individuals move in the same area or city orfrom one state to another. What do thesefigures point to in the U.S. demographics and social and eco- nomicmobility?Whatdothesecensusdataimplyaboutthenumberofimmigrants in the United States? What could demographers, sociologists, and economists conclude
from these census findings ?
Teachers can also provide verb and adjective lists for Sample 3 as in Sample 2.
(3) Error Correction and Editing
The goal of this activity is to help students articulate and reason their edit- ing of text.
Please correct the errors in thefollowing texts and sentences and explain what you think needs to be corrected. Please keep in mind that some of the text needs to be com- pletely rewritten.
1. The biologists and zoologists who study the environment where we live in they are called environmentalists. But in addition, social sci- entists who work in sociology, education, and public science, they also examine how do we talk about environment. Our thinking reveals more about what don't we understand about nature than about what
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