The reading passage casts doubt on the communal on line encyclopedia by stating three criticisms. The listening passage however, advocates this kind of encyclopedia, refuting the criticisms that are mentioned in the reading passage.
First of all, according to the reading passage the communal on line encyclopedia renders a lot of errors, due to the contribution of many users who does not have a clear academic background. Nevertheless, The professor in the listening passage claims that even traditional encyclopedia do exhibit some errors. She also clarifies that at least these errors could b...
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