Editing Exercise-49
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Louis Braille, on 1825, developed a special | (a) | …………… | …………… |
| script for the blind. It has known as | (b) | …………… | …………… |
| a Braille script. The letters in it are formed with | (c) | …………… | …………… |
| raised dots on thick paper. Blind people might | (d) | …………… | …………… |
| read these dots by running his fingers | (e) | …………… | …………… |
| lightly to them, across the page. Today, | (f) | …………… | …………… |
| thousands of books for almost every | (g) | …………… | …………… |
| subject is available in Braille. | (h) | …………… |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | on | in |
| (b) | has | is |
| (c) | with | by |
| (d) | might | can |
| (e) | his | their |
| (f) | to | on |
| (g) | for | on |
| (h) | is | are |
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Editing Exercise-50
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
The Editor
The Indian Express
Ranchi
12th May, 20XX
Sub: Misuse of technology
Sir,
I would like (a) on express my deep concern and anxiety (b) in the misuse of technology that can harm the present day youth. The youths of today can (c) ea y become prey to technology if they (d) misused it. They can harm (e) they health. They (f) were generally addicted to gadgets like TV, mobile phones,! pods etc. Their excessive use is harmful (g) for the physical as well as mental health of our young men and women. I hope they start (h) use technology only judiciously.
Yours faithfully
Answers:-
(a) to express
(b) on
(c) easily
(d) misuse
(e) their
(f) are
(g) to
(h) using
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