Editing Exercise-3
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 | ||
| A debate is a contest between two people to show skill but ability in | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| arguing. For participate in a | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| debate we must prepare for it. | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| One must prepare a outline of | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| the main points in the order in which one is going to argue. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | but | and |
| (b) | For | To |
| (c) | we | they |
| (d) | a | an |
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Editing Exercise-4
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 | ||
| Smoking is a bad habit. It spoils not only the | |||
| lungs but also the liver of the smokers. In a | (a) | ……… | ……… |
| beginning it is just a casual try and by and by | (b) | ……… | ……… |
| one get gripped in it and it becomes a | (c) | ……… | ……… |
| compulsive habits, which a person is not able to get | (d) | ……… | ……… |
| free from. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | a | the |
| (b) | and | but |
| (c) | get | gets |
| (d) | habits | habit |
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