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Once I made a foolish mistake in the class, a mistake 1 later proved very 2 in my English study on places 3 I should pay particular attention.That day 4 we were having a class, the weather suddenly 5 , and the sky was covered with dark clouds and rained soon.It happened 6 I was learning to use adverbs and had only remembered that adverbs could be used to modify verbs, so I said, “it is raining hardly” 7 Miss Edgar said, “it is raining hard” 8 I did not quite get it so I repeated, “it is raining hardly”, Miss Edgar looked at me and said it once more.I felt that I must make a sentence 9 I had a mistake, but didn’t know 10 the mistake was.I didn’t say a word again, but felt much embarrassed.After the class Miss told me kindly that I should 11 the words in the dictionary in order to know the different changes of each word.She didn’t 12 my mistake in the class 13 all the students, but she wanted me to find out the mistake and correct it myself.This was the best lesson 14 formed my later habit of consulting the dictionary.This was more than half a century old, but Miss Edgar remained deep in my memory, 15 kept reminding me to consult a dictionary in my studies, not only in English but also in other languages.
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