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20.1 Adjectives and Adverbs: Recognizing Informal Usage
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Before you review this chapter, read the following informal story quickly and see how many of the adjectives and adverbs would be incorrect in formal or academic writing. (Note: Some would be correct!) When you have finished studying the chapter, go back over the paragraph and see if you find any new examples. Click HERE for answers.
It was my first day assisting in the operating room, and I was real nervous. I had received good training in operating room technology from the local community college, but I was afraid I would not remember it good. I had never seen a real operation. I reported for work, and the RN at the front desk moved quick to find me a scrub suit. All, however, fit real bad. I am short, and so the sleeves and pants flapped baggy around me. By not laughing at me, the RN demonstrated really incredible self-restraint. He checked the tray of instruments real professional, counting them careful. He looked professional to me. Finally, he declared the OR ready. The orderly and other nurses wheeled in the patient, and placed him square on the table. The patient muttered wild about not wanting to disclose his most personal secrets, and then the nurse gave him anesthesia. The surgeons backed slow into the room, and the RN prepared and gloved them good. They sure knew their stuff, and they really knew how to keep me occupied. I had to hold a retractor steady for an hour. I felt badly that I could not observe the procedure more close, but I was nauseous. The surgeons ignored me. When the operation was all over, the lead surgeon turned to me and said, "Thanks! You done real good!"
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