A STUDY OF THE MISUSE OF ADVERBS IN THE WRITTEN ENGLISH OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY
A STUDY OF THE MISUSE OF ADVERBS IN THE WRITTEN ENGLISH OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY
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2017-10
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OBENDA, SUSAN
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Abstract
The study “A Study of the Misuse of Adverbs in The Written English of the Undergraduate of the
Kogi State University, Ayingba” was carried out to determine the major areas of difficulty
experienced by the one hundred (100) level students of the Kogi State University. One hundred
(150) samples of composition written by the one hundred (100) level students of the Kogi State
University were analysed. These samples were selected from the Departments of English
Language, Biochemistry and Business Administration. Four questions were raised and the simple
percentage formula was used to answer the four questions. The findings show the following
grammatical errors as common: omission of the –ly suffixes, wrong syntactic usage, wrong order
of adverbs, misuse of preposition of place and time, wrong use of pronouns for adverbs e.t.c. The
study suggests that Students should read standard books in the target language after normal
classroom teaching in order to improve their writing skills. Teachers should try and use adequate
and suitable learning materials. This will help students have a better understanding and good
mastery of the language.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN ENGLISH
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STUDY OF THE MISUSE OF ADVERBS,, WRITTEN ENGLISH,, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS,, KOGI STATE,, UNIVERSITY