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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