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- There have been many studies which
- showed
- the different pastimes of tertiary students.
- According to Timms (1991),
- participants’
- listed watching television, dancing, and
- volleyball
- as
- there
- favourite activities.
- They spend the majority of their time
- during the week using the Internet
- and watch
- Television
- for
- a significant portion of the weekend.
- The students provide a fascinating
- source of information for Timms,
- who has studied this topic for many years.
- He has interviewed
- no less than
- 200 students and claims that
- over the past 20 years everybody
- have
- answered his questions.
- “Each student spends about 15 hours
- of their time on Facebook and other forms of social
- media”
- he said.
- “I don’t know if they realise how much this
- effects
- their marks.”
- Timms offers alternative pursuits
- that may be more beneficial to
- students. Such as mentoring and reading.
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The corrected paragraph is:
There have been many studies which have shown the different pastimes of tertiary students. According to Timms (1991), participants listed watching television, dancing, and playing volleyball as their favourite activities. They spend the majority of their time during the week using the Internet and watch television for a significant portion of the weekend. The students provide a fascinating source of information for Timms, who has studied this topic for many years. He has interviewed no fewer than 200 students and claims that over the past 20 years everybody has answered his questions. “Each student spends about 15 hours of their time on Facebook and other forms of social media,” he said. “I don’t know if they realise how much this affects their marks.” Timms offers alternative pursuits that may be more beneficial to students, such as mentoring and reading.
- have shown
- participants
- playing volleyball
- their
- television
- no fewer than
- has
- affects
- students, such as mentoring and reading.
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