EDITING EXERCISE- 41
The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a numeral is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Exploring space mean to study | e.g. | mean | means |
| space to the sake of knowledge | (a) | …….. | …….. |
| in the largest interest of mankind. | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| Exploiting space mean using space | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| for commercial use. There aims | (d) | …….. | …….. |
| are quite difference. The former one | (e) | …….. | …….. |
| is to enhance knowledge but to satisfy | (f) | …….. | …….. |
| curiosity while the later is | (g) | …….. | …….. |
| to making money. | (h) | …….. | …….. |
Answers–
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | to | for |
| (b) | largest | Larger |
| (c) | mean | means |
| (d) | There | Their |
| (e) | difference | different |
| (f) | but | and |
| (g) | later | latter |
| (h) | making | make |
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EDITING EXERCISE-42
The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a numeral is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| In a kingdom of fools, both the | e.g. | a | the |
| king or the minister were foolish. | (a) | …….. | …….. |
| Under their rule peoples worked at | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| night and enjoy sleep at day time. | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| Once, the guru and his disciple | (d) | …….. | …….. |
| mean means came to this kingdom for fools. | (e) | …….. | …….. |
| The guru made down his mind to | (f) | …….. | …….. |
| leave it, because he thinks it was | (g) | …….. | …….. |
| danger to stay in that town. | (h) | …….. | …….. |
Answers–
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | or | and |
| (b) | peoples | people |
| (c) | enjoy | enjoyed |
| (d) | the | a |
| (e) | for | of |
| (f) | down | up |
| (g) | thinks | thought |
| (h) | danger | dangerous |
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