This passage tells us how dictionaries are made. Underline the adverbs and write them in the correct columns of the table on the next page.
A dictionary tries to capture a language. As more words come into English every day, each new edition of a dictionary seeks to have the latest words.
Dictionary editors are always looking out for new words. They tirelessly scan the media for words that are coming into use and keep feeding the results into a database.
To make the process systematic, computers are frequently used to scan large chunks of electronic text and check against the dictionary for new words. Such computer programmes can process text more quickly and accurately than humans, although editors have to decide if a particular word should go into the dictionary.
When a new edition of a dictionary is about to be published, editors review the words they have collected. They usually decide which ones are important by using an extremely large database of language called a 'corpus, which contains millions or even billions of words taken from a range of different sources.
The more frequently a word appears in the corpus, the more likely it is to go into the dictionary. After making their selection of words, editors compile the dictionary entries for these words.
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