EDITING IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR -- ERROR SPOTTING , OMISSIONS,SPELLING OR GRAMMAR MISTAKES, - CORRECTING IN A SENTENCE OR PARAGRAPH

Editing in English Grammar 
Error Spotting - 
Omissions - Spelling or Grammatical Mistakes - Correcting 


The importance of a written work being impeccable or grammatically correct can hardly be undermined. It is of utmost importance that the written work is error free and words are correctly spelled, be it some business correspondence or a document required for an academic purpose. In either case a trivial lapse  in a document  can cause a big loss to the purpose for which it is created. Besides it being error free, there should be necessarily a flow of continuity and coherence of thoughts in the article.

 The English language is vast, cumbersome and sometimes difficult and thus it requires good practice and  knowledge for writing a document correctly and deftly. A writer generally first prepares a draft of his writing and then checks it to make corrections, amendments or improvements in it. For this knowledge of using an appropriate word at an appropriate place is very essential. This not only makes it correct but also effective and appealing to the mind of the reader. Besides a writing being grammatically correct there are other factors also required to make it perfect. The language used should be correct. The matter contained must have coherence. For this one needs rich vocabulary and complete grasping of the subject. 

The writer always writes a document correctly but mistakes creep in. There may be mistakes of omission, spellings or wrong use of words. One has to spot errors of all types in a draft document. For this it is very important to learn and understand the basic rules of the language such as structure grammar and punctuation.

 In vocabulary building, the problem is not so much finding new words or even finding out what they mean. The problem is to remember them, to fix them permanently in one's mind. One of the effective ways of fixing the meaning of words is getting at the roots of words - taking words apart i.e. to know about prefixes, suffixes and the main word. This makes a word stick.  

For a technical editor it is also necessary to know the purpose and nature of contents of the writing so as to determine what type of the readers the writer is addressing to. This will help in making the writing more purposeful and effective.










Here  are passages for practice of editing a draft.


ONE

In the following passage, there are mistakes of grammar, spellings and missing words. Spot the errors and correct them.



People reside in the vincity of a  hinterland near the ocean generally  is fond for taking sea food. Most fish is the principal food of these people as  is easily avalable in the area. There are different specis of fish that are used  food by the people. Fugu is one of the species of fish used as food to people. Koreans relish eat delicious food of Fugu fish which is also known  puffer fish. It is a fish in small size. It has spikes with its body which it uses  saving itself from its enemies in the ocean. Its spikes containing a type of poison that it injects in the enemy. Due  these spikes this fish is considered as a danger fish.         


On reading the stanza written above one easily finds errors in the underlined words. After correcting these errors sentences will be as under.




People residing in the vicinity of a  hinterland near the ocean generally are fond of taking sea food. Mostly fish is the principal food of these people as it is easily available in the area. There are different species of fish that are used as food by the people. Fugu is one of the species of fish used as food by people. Koreans relish eating delicious food of Fugu fish which is also known as puffer fish. It is a fish of small size. It has spikes on its body which it uses to save itself from its enemies in the ocean. Its spikes contain a type of poison that it injects into the enemy. Due to these spikes this fish is considered as a dangerous fish.         



TWo

The following sentences have mistakes of spellings, grammar and missing words. Trace out the errors and correct them. 



The task _ cyber security experts today become thoroughly engaging and challenge by hackers and cyber criminals constantly upping there game. Cyber security is a rapid expending field full of much exciting work profiles. Since the risk of cyber attacks is great than ever, companies are fighting to full their ranks of professionals which can protect theirs information and networks against cyber infringements. Whyle the roles played with cyber security experts differs from profile by profile, the basic job remains the same too monitor, investigate and advice on how to stay save in cyber world. A background on technology and IT though are necessary prerequisite for a expert but he needs to constantly update oneself with not only the latest gadgets and tools but also within the latest trends and happening in the domain.




SOLUTION

The task of cyber security experts today becomes thoroughly engaging and challenging with hackers and cyber criminals constantly upping their game. Cyber security is a rapidly expanding field full of many exciting work profiles. Since the risk of cyber attacks is greater than ever, companies are fighting to fill their ranks with professionals who can protect their information and networks against cyber infringements. While the roles played by cyber security experts differ from profile to profile, the basic job remains the same to monitor, investigate and advise on how to stay safe in cyber world. A background in technology and IT though is necessary prerequisite for an expert yet he needs to constantly update himself with not only the latest gadgets and tools but also with the latest trends and happenings in the domain.



EXERCISE FOR PRACTICE



ONE

In the following passage, there are mistakes of grammar, spellings and missing words in sentences. Find out and mark the errors.




Nuclear fission is a process with 
which an unstable atom splits
by two or more smaller pieces 
that is more stable.The fission
 of heavy elements is a exothermic
 reacition and huge  amounts of 
energy is released in the process.
Most of this are binary fissions
 that produce two charged frigments.
 Extra neutrons  also released in
the process and these can then spleet
 additional atoms, resulting at a chain
 reaction that releases  lot of energy.
There are also way to modulate the 
chain reaction with  soaking up the 
neutrons. Within the nucleus their
are diferent forces that act between
the particle. The strong nuclear force 
is the forces between two or more
 nucleons. This force bind protons 
and neutrons togather inside the
 nucleus. The electromagnatic force
 causes the repulsion between likely 
charged protons.These too forces
 produce opposite affect in the
 nucleus. The former act to hold
all protons and neutrons togather 
whiel the electromagnetic force
 act to push protons farther apart.







SOLUTION


Nuclear fission is a process by 
which an unstable atom splits
into two or more smaller pieces 
that are more stable.The fission
 of heavy elements is an exothermic
 reaction and huge  amounts of 
energy are released in the process.
Most of these are binary fissions
 that produce two charged fragments.
 Extra neutrons  are also released in
the process and these can then split
 additional atoms, resulting into a chain
 reaction that releases a lot of energy.
There are also ways to modulate the 
chain reaction by soaking up the 
neutrons. Within the nucleus there
are different forces that act between
the particles. The strong nuclear force 
is the force between two or more
 nucleons. This force binds protons 
and neutrons together inside the 
nucleus.The electromagnetic force 
causes the repulsion between like 
charged protons. These two forces 
produce opposite effect in the
 nucleus.The former acts to hold
 all protons and neutrons together 
while the electromagnetic force 
acts to push protons further apart.




TWO

In the following passage, there are mistakes of grammar, spellings and missing words in sentences. Find out and mark the errors.

The benifits of homework  students is the most debate issue among teachers,parents and
students. The very word evokes  great negative connotations to everyone involvd, students, parents and teachers. A majorty of the people think of homework for doing more harm then good in causing unnecessary stress for everyone. Others believes that it developes a habit of thinking more independantly among students. One benifit of homework is that it helps students to work togather among teachers and parents. Parents too got more involved their children's educational life. Homework make the students more responsible  the habit of discipline and punctuality. But the quantam of homework remain the issue that how homework should be given to a student.




SOLUTION

The benefits of homework to students is the most debated issue among teachers,parents and students. The very word evokes  great negative connotations to everyone involved, students, parents and teachers. A majority of the people think of homework as doing more harm than good by causing unnecessary stress to everyone. Others believe that it develops a habit of thinking more independently among students. One benefit of homework is that it helps students to work together with teachers and parents. Parents too get more involved in their children's educational life. Homework makes the students more responsible by the habit of discipline and punctuality. But the quantum of homework remains the issue that how much homework should be given to a student.


THREE

In the following sentences there are mistakes of grammar, spellings and missing words in sentences. Find out mistakes  mark and correct them.



Two friends set for on a journey to the adjoining town. They were to made some perchases of householdes there. Through  the day they remaned busy in the town. They started there journey back to their homes by the evening. They had covered  little distance when it start getting dark. On their way to  homes there was a thick forest. The forest was infested by wild animals. It was a very risk job to cross the forest at night. Both of the friends were in  fix what to do in that time. They were not able to decide wheather to stay back in the town and go to their homes in the morning or to continue their journey and cross over the forest at night. But they decided to continue their journey. Soon they were engulfed with darkness. They could not hardly see anything near them. Strange voices of animals started coming from all the sides in the forest. They were preplexed and afraid but they continued to walking. After sometime they chanced on to see a small hut near their passage. There was a dim light by a lamp in the hut. They knocked at the door. A thin and frail sage came out. He offered to them to come in the hut and spent the night there. They both went in and spent the night there.They started their journey back to their homes at the next morning. They thanked to the sage for his kind help to them.




SOLUTION

Two friends set out for on a journey to the adjoining town. They were to make some purchases of household goods there. Through  out the day they remained busy in the town. They started their journey back to their homes in the evening. They had covered a little distance when it started getting dark. On their way to their homes there was a thick forest. The forest was infested with wild animals. It was a very risky job to cross the forest at night. Both of the friends were in a fix what to do at that time. They were not able to decide whether to stay back in the town and to go to their homes in the morning or to continue their journey and cross over the forest at night. But they decided to continue their journey. Soon they were engulfed by darkness. They could not hardly see anything near them. Strange voices of animals started coming from all the sides in the forest. They were perplexed and afraid but they continued to walking. After sometime they chanced upon to see a small hut near their passage. There was a dim light of a lamp in the hut. They knocked at the door. A thin and frail sage came out. He offered to them to come in the hut and spend the night there. They both went in and spent the night there.They started their journey back to their homes in the next morning. They thanked to the sage for his kind help to them.

EDITING IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR -- ERROR SPOTTING , OMISSIONS - MISSING WORDS - CORRECTING IN A SENTENCE OR PARAGRAPH

Editing in English Grammar 
- Error Spotting - Omissions - Missing words - Correcting 

A writer writes about what he thinks or observes around himself. First he accumulates all this in his mind and then he puts it  down in writing through an appropriate medium i.e. language or words. This all is an spotaneous and continuous process. Further it is written too with a similar pace. In the process of writing sometimes the writer thinks certain words in his mind but skips those while writing and all this goes unnoticed. This is called omission of words which requires correction for a correct and complete final form of writing. This correcting of omitted words also forms a part of Editing in English Grammar. To understand it better here is a sentence.

Editing is generally during proof reading.

By a casual reading one gets the idea what the writer wants to convey in this sentence but reading it carefully  it becomes clear that there is something missing in the sentence. The main verb in this sentence is missing. So the correct form of the sentence will be as under.

Editing is generally done during proof reading.

In an examination a short text with one omission in each line is given. A candidate is required to find out and provide the words, a clause or a phrase missing in the given sentence or paragraph. Numbered blanks are provided with each line for writing the corrected word. The missing word is to be written with the words prior to it and after it. In the sentence written above it will be -

generally - done - during

In such cases, generally, omission of following types of words are observed.These are to be kept in mind while attempting these questions.

First of all there are omissions relating to tenses or verb forms which are to be noticed and corrected. Auxiliary verbs or modals are not written or are incomplete.

In many cases there are omissions of prepositions in these sentences. Proper preposition is required to be used in the sentence.

Sometimes articles or determiners are missing in the sentences. These are to be identified and provided in the sentence. Similarly conjunctions too are wanting and are required to provided in the sentences.

In certain cases proper pronouns are not used in the sentences. These are required to be corrected.

In certain cases number of nouns is also not used correctly. These also require to be checked and corrected. 

For this purpose a fair good knowledge of vocabulary and grammar is essential. The very first reading of draft or manuscript gives an idea of missing links between different parts of the text. So reading time and again makes the omissions clearer to the reader.

First of all read the complete passage or text to understand the purpose of writing of the writer. This will also give first hand assessment about style and language used.

Try to understand the use of tense in the passage. See that appropriate tense is used in all the sentences. For this subject and verb relation  is to be checked and corrected where it is incorrect.

 Sometimes modals or main verbs are not used correctly. Either of these two is sometimes missing in sentences.

Here under are some exercises of omissions for practice.

ONE

The following sentences have not been edited. There is one error of omission in each sentence. Point out the error, write the missing word with words prior or after omission. Underline the word you have supplied. One is done as an example.

1. Both sisters  exceedingly     
       sisters are exceedingly

intelligent but the younger  beautiful than the elder .





2. In her room a candle
      a candle was
 burning dimly the table and

 she was sitting alone the

 chair looking the wall.



3. Time is precious than
more precious  

money. It said that Money 

 lost can regained but time

once lost can't recalled.





SOLUTION 




1. Both sisters  exceedingly     

       sisters are exceedingly

intelligent but the younger is more

beautiful than the elder one.


2. In her room a candle
       was
 burning dimly on the table and

 she was sitting alone in the

 chair looking at the wall.



3. Time is more precious than
more precious  

money. It is said that Money 

 lost can be regained but time

once lost can't be recalled.



TWO


The following sentences have not been edited. There is one error of omission in each sentence. Point out the error, write the missing word with words prior or after omission. Underline the word you have supplied. One is done as an example.

One day during  last week I 

 my friends was travelling 

by a car. After we covered a 

little distance when heard a 

great noise  the road side. We 

saw that many people  gathered 

near  big building. They were moving 

here and there in confusion. Some 

them  shouting loudly. We stopped

our car and went  that place. We

saw that the building was fire. Many 

persons were stranded  the building. 

A fire fighting engine  standing there 

and firemen were trying  douse the fire 

but they were not able to control. 

 A large number  flames coming out

 of the building were flying high  

 sky. People standing there told me 

 that a rubber factory and the building

 caught fire due electric short circuiting.

 The firemen with  help of local people

 were able to draw  a large number of

 labourers stuck  the factory. The 

 site presenting a very heart rending

 scene. We felt very sad see all this.

SOLUTION

One day during the last week I 
with my friends was travelling 
by a car. After we had covered a 
little distance when we heard a 
great noise on the road side. We 
saw that many people were gathered 
near a big building. They were moving 
here and there in confusion. Some of
them were shouting loudly. We stopped
our car and went near that place. We
saw that the building was on fire. Many 
persons were stranded inside the building. 
A fire fighting engine was standing there 
and firemen were trying to douse the fire 
but they were not able to control it.
 A large number of flames coming out
 of the building were flying high towards 
 sky. People standing there told me that

 that was a rubber factory and the building

 caught fire due to electric short circuiting.
 The firemen with the help of local people
 were able to draw out a large number of
 labourers stuck inside the factory. The 
 site was presenting a very heart rending
 scene. We felt very sad to see all this.

THREE


The following sentences have not been edited. There is one error of omission in each sentence. Point out the error, write the missing word with words prior or after omission. Underline the word you have supplied. One is done as an example.

The food we consume daily    
daily is
converted  glucose, which
fuels the cells  the body. The
excess glucose in the system 
stored in the form  fat. Insulin,
a hormone made  the pancreas,
is a shuttle  the glucose in the
system. If the system  excess
 glucose,  insulin production
goes . If one regularly binges
eat then the body ends  
requiring more insulin  shuttle
the glucose  cells. this is 
referred  pre-diabetes or
insulin resistance. One need
then few healthy dietary 
changes  lifestyle modifications
 help prevent the onset 

 pre-diabetes or control diabetes.

SOLUTION

The food we consume daily is

converted into glucose, which

fuels the cells in the body. The

excess glucose in the system is 

stored in the form of fat. Insulin,

a hormone made by the pancreas,

is a shuttle for the glucose in the

system. If the system has excess

 glucose, the insulin production

goes up. If one regularly binges

eat then the body ends up 

requiring more insulin to shuttle

the glucose to cells. this is 

referred as pre-diabetes or

insulin resistance. One needs

then a few healthy dietary 

changes and lifestyle modifications

that help prevent the onset 

of pre-diabetes or control diabetes.

FOUR

The following sentences have not been edited. There is one error of omission in each sentence. Point out the error, write the missing word with words prior or after omission. Underline the word you have supplied. One is done as an example.

Way information technology 
 and artificial intelligence are 
influencing society, the human teacher 
be replaced by mechanical teachers 
future. Children  learn individually
 home sans school, sans human teachers.
" It is difficult to say what  impossible 
for the dream  yesterday is the
 hope of today and  reality of 
tomorrow. " says  educationist. If
learning was to  only about acquiring 
information , robot or tele-teacher 
would be the right choice but  educate 
a person meant only  stuff him or her
 facts or figures. " Education is
not filling  a pail but the lighting 
 a fire." says W.B. Yeats. One
wonders  a machine will be able
to light a fire  the young hearts.
Devoid  human warmth and 
emotions,  the electronic educator
ever be able to establish  emotional

bond between  teacher and students









SOLUTION

The way information technology 
 and artificial intelligence are influencing
influencing society, the human teacher will 
be replaced by mechanical teachers in
future. Children will learn individually
at home sans school, sans human teachers.
" It is difficult to say what is impossible 
for the dream of yesterday is the
 hope of today and the reality of 
tomorrow. " says an educationist. If
learning was to be only about acquiring 
information , a robot or tele-teacher 
would be the right choice but to educate 
a person meant only to stuff him or her
with facts or figures. " Education is
not filling of a pail but the lighting 
of a fire." says W.B. Yeats. One
wonders if a machine will be able
to light a fire in the young hearts.
Devoid of human warmth and 
emotions, will the electronic educator
ever be able to establish an emotional
bond between a teacher and students.

FIVE

In the following sentences there are errors of omission, spellings and grammar. Spot the errors and correct them. Write the incorrect and correct word and underline the correct word.

During the morning prayer, I standing in the first row. But I had lost in my thoughts all the time. My teacher notice this but did not pointed out it to me.  As the prayer over, I along  other students moved to the class room. I did not felt like studying through out the day. The thought of mine friend occupied my mind all the day. I was thinking that my friend will not be coming to school no more. His name was struck of from the rolls of the school as he did not paid his school fee. The principle had announce this in the school. My friend's father was a employee in an factory. That factory laid of staff and his father had lost his services. As his father could not paid his fee in the school, he  extricated from the school. When I reach home in the evening, I narrated the incident  my father.My father asked me how my friend is in his studies. I told him that my friend always had top in the class. My father decide to pay all the dues of my friend in the school. He pay me the amount and send me to his house. I felt very happy that my friend had be able  continue his studies.

SOLUTION

During the morning prayer, I was standing in the first row. But I was lost in my thoughts all the time. My teacher noticed this but did not point out it to me.  As the prayer was over, I along with other students moved to the class room. I did not feel like studying through out the day. The thought of my friend occupied my mind all the day. I was thinking that my friend would not be coming to school anymore.His name was struck off from the rolls of the school as he had not paid his school fee. The principal had announced this in the school. My friend's father was an employee in a factory. That factory laid off staff and his father had lost his service. As his father could not pay his fee in the school, he was extricated from the school. When I reached home in the evening, I narrated the incident to my father. My father asked me how my friend was in his studies. I told him that my friend always had topped in the class. My father decided to pay all the dues of my friend in the school. He paid me the amount and sent me to his house. I felt very happy that my friend would be able to continue his studies .

EDITING IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR --- SPOTTING, MENDING, CORRECTING AND PUNCTUATING A GIVEN PASSAGE OR SENTENCE.

Editing In English Grammar 

-  Editing in English Grammar is done to improve or correct the given words or sentences for an effective and elaborate version of writing.

Editing in English Grammar is a stage in the process of writing with a writer endeavoring to improve or correct words or sentences. To make the writing more effective and lucid, the sentences are made precise or clearer or sometimes more elaborate. For this, modification or simplification is required to make sentences or passage correct, consistent, accurate and complete. It involves adding,deleting and rearranging words or recasting sentences. It is finding and mending faults to clarify ideas contained in the writing. 

Editing is done while writing itself. A writer writes but thinks about better words or way of his writing and applies to the sentence during his writing. Sometimes while writing a writer thinks of more than one sentences and writes choosing the best of these. In this process the writer also gets new ideas and the same are added to the writing. This is called On Going Editing.

But in most of the cases a writer writes at the first instance what comes to his mind, prepares a rough work and then he reads it again to get a view of his work. In this process he comes across some mistakes or omissions which he corrects subsequently. It is called Draft Editing because first of all in it a draft is prepared and then it is corrected and improved.

From examination point of view Draft Editing is very important because in an examination a candidate is required to edit and correct an unedited draft paragraph or sentence. 

Note : There is no specific pattern of mistakes in the sentence or paragraph. These mistakes may be of commission or omission. There are mistakes of spellings, grammatical mistakes or those of sequence of tenses etc.

There are certain check points required to be observed while editing. First of all, the writer must be sure that he is writing what he thought of or observed. His writing must be in accordance with that. All the required details should be given in the passage or sentence. These should be clear, appropriate and correctly spelled and duly punctuated too.

Steps for Editing in English Grammar

• Good knowledge of English language.
• Purpose of editing the work.
• Spotting and Fixing errors -Factual and Grammatical.
• Thorough Reading and re-reading the passage.

While editing it should be ensured that -

• a sentence states its meaning clearly using the right words.
• Words or sentences are in their right places.
• Redundant or Duplicate words or sentences are eliminated or deleted.
•  Words are appropriately  spelled and  punctuation is in place.
• Omissions are properly detected and corrected.
• Gap-fill  exercise is made by 'choosing and removing words' method.

Here are some examples to explain the process.

ONE

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct question number. Underline the word you have supplied. One is done as an example.


1. It is a well known historically          
   historically -historical

2. effect that there is little connect

3. between innate common senses

4. and education qualifications.Some

5. of the successful historical figure

6. and famous beings had no degrees

7. to boast. Some had not even learnt 

8. the basic of alphabet.Today in our day 

9. to day life we often come of such

10. worldly - wise characters whom may 

11. not have gone beyond middle of school.

SOLUTION

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct question number. Underline the word you have supplied. One is done as an example.

1. It is a well known historically        

   historically - historical

2. effect that there is little connect        

    effect -fact

3. between innate common senses            

  senses - sense 

4. and education qualifications.Some    

education- educational 

5. of the successful historical figure           

  figure - figures

6. and famous beings had no degrees        

 beings - persons

7. to boast. Some had not even learnt      

  boast - boast of

 8. the basic of alphabet.Today in our day   

 basic - basics

 9. to day life we often come of such     

Comes of - come across

10. worldly - wise characters whom may    

whom- who

11. not have gone beyond middle of school.    

  middle of - middle

 It is a well known historical fact that there is little connect between innate common sense and educational qualifications. Some of the successful historical figures and famous persons had no degrees to boast of. Some had not even  learnt the basics of alphabet. Today in our day to day life we often come across such worldly-wise characters who may not have gone beyond middle * school.
   

TWO

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error of omission in each line. Write the incorrect words and the correction against the correct question number. Underline the word you have supplied. One is done as an example.


1. Success comes those who try and never         
     Comes to those

2. tire. To a winner one has to learn to

3. strive perseverance, courage and determination

4. Success cannot be achieved a day. The road 

5. to success is not easy one. It is narrow, 

6. rough, patchy, long and full hurdles and

7. obstacles. One has learn to overcome

8. the hurdles and obstacles achieve

9. the desired goal. A little failure not matter.    



SOLUTION:

 The following paragraph has not been edited.There is one error of omission in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct question number. Underline the word you have supplied, One is done as an example.  

1. Success comes those who try and never

comes to those

2.tire. To a winner one has to learn to                           

  
To be a  

3.strive perseverance, courage and determination     

     
strive with perseverance 

4.Success cannot be achieved a day. The road     
achieved in a

5. to success is not easy one. It is narrow
not an easy 

    

6.rough, patchy, long and full hurdles and   
full of hurdles 

7.obstacles. One has learn to overcome     

 has to learn

8.the hurdles and obstacles achieve     
 obstacles to achieve

9.the desired goal. A little failure not matter.    
 failure does not     

Success comes to those who try and never tire. To be a winner one has to learn to strive with perseverance, courage and determination. Success cannot be achieved in a day. The road to success is not an easy one. It is narrow, rough, patchy, long and full of hurdles and obstacles. One has to learn to overcome the hurdles and obstacles to achieve the desired goal. A little failure does not matter.    

        
    

THREE

In the following paragraph some words have  been omitted while writing.  There is such an error of omission in each line. Find out and write the missing word with words on each side of it. Underline 
the word you supplied. One is done as an example 


 In order to deal  negative feelings
deal with negative
 like jealousy is to accept  existence.
One should not feel guilty or  others
feel guilty  these negative emotions.
One  accept that these emotions
exist and come up naturally  time
to time. One should try to find  a 
solution rather  worrying about these.
Jealousy is a feeling that comes  a 
sense lack. It arises from the idea that
one has less and someone else more.
Whenever jealousy takes  someone  
he should count how much he been
given in his life. This  a person feel
grateful. A sense gratitude overcomes 
the feelings  jealousy very effectively.
One should let jealousy serve a positive
 motivation  do more meaningful
endeavours. One should strive to a
better version oneself.   

SOLUTION

In order to deal  negative feelings
deal with negative
 like jealousy is to accept  existence.
accept their existence
One should not feel guilty or  others
or make others
feel guilty  these negative emotions.
guilty about these
One  accept that these emotions
One  should accept
exist and come up naturally  time
naturally from  time
to time. One should try to find  a 
find out  a 
solution rather  worrying about these.
rather than  worrying 
Jealousy is a feeling that comes  a 
comes from  a 
sense lack. It arises from the idea that
sense  of lack
one has less and someone else more.
else has more.
Whenever jealousy takes  someone  
takes over someone  
he should count how much he been
he has been
given in his life. This  a person feel
This makes a 
grateful. A sense gratitude overcomes 
sense of gratitude
the feelings  jealousy very effectively.
feelings of  jealousy 
One should let jealousy serve a positive
serve as a
 motivation  do more meaningful
motivation to  do
endeavours. One should strive to a
 to be a
better version oneself.   
version of oneself. 





In order to deal with negative feelings
 like jealousy is to accept their existence.
One should not feel guilty or make others
feel guilty about these negative emotions.
One should accept that these emotions
exist and come up naturally from time
to time. One should try to find out a 
solution rather than worrying about these.
Jealousy is a feeling that comes from a 
sense of lack. It arises from the idea that
one has less and someone else has more.
Whenever jealousy takes over someone  
he should count how much he has been
given in his life. This makes a person feel
grateful. A sense of gratitude overcomes 
the feelings of jealousy very effectively.
One should let jealousy serve as a positive
 motivation to do more meaningful
endeavours. One should strive to be a
better version of oneself.   

FOUR

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error  in each line. Write the incorrect words and the correction against the correct question number. Underline the word you have supplied. One is done as an example.




Scientists have find link between prolonged  
  find - found
exposure to screens and obesity children.      
Children who spends more time using    
technology prone to obesity, a new study
 by researchers suggest. They have observed 
that the average toddler today spends a hour
 watching TV. At the time a child reaches the 
age nine this period extends to more than 
seven hour a day. Children spend much of
 their time engage in one or the other form 
of digital media. It is also observe that 
engaging in media late at night can be high
 destructive to young people's sleep patterns
 which puts them at higher risk of obesity.  







Scientists have find link between prolonged  

  find - found

exposure to screens and obesity children.      

 Children- in children

Children who spends more time using       
      

   spends - spend

technology prone to obesity, a new study  
        
 prone - are prone

 by researchers suggest. They have observed       

suggest - suggests

that the average toddler today spends a hour     

 a hour - an hour

watching TV. At the time a child reaches the 

At the- By the

age nine the period extends to more than

        age - age of
seven hour a day. Children spend much of

  hour - hours
their time engage in one or the other
     
engage - engaging
 of digital media. It is also observe that

       
 observe - observed 
 engaging in media late at night can be high

high - highly
destructive to young people's sleep patterns

   sleep - sleeping
which puts them at higher risk of obesity.

      puts- put

Scientists have found link between prolonged  

 exposure to screens and obesity in children.      
Children who spend more time using    
technology are prone to obesity, a new study
 by researchers suggests. They have observed 
that the average toddler today spends an hour
 watching TV. By the time a child reaches the 
age of nine this period extends to more than 
seven hours a day. Children spend much of
 their time engaging in one or the other form 
of digital media. It is also observed that 
engaging in media late at night can be highly
 destructive to young people's sleeping patterns
 which put them at higher risk of obesity.  

FIVE

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error  in each line. Write the incorrect words and the correction against the correct question number. Underline the word you have supplied. One is done as an example.


The department of police is a area of                    
 a - an

administration who remains in maximum
contact to public. Some of the junior

ranked officers which may not be well

educate, remain in touch with the public

more then their officers. This naturally 

gives them a lot of practice experience.

This experience farther gets sufficiently

sharpen by some common sense and 

a highly develop presence of mind.









SOLUTION

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error  in each line. Write the incorrect words and the correction against the correct question number. Underline the word you have supplied. One is done as an example.

The department of police is a area of

a - an

administration who remains in maximum

 who - which

contact to public. Some of the junior
to - with

ranked officers which may not be well 

which - who

educate, remain in touch with the public 

educate -- educated

more then their officers. This naturally

 then - than

gives them a lot of practice experience. 

practice - practical

This experience farther gets sufficiently

 farther - further

sharpen by some common sense and 

sharpen - sharpened

a highly develop presence of mind. 

develop - developed

The department of police is an area of administration which remains in maximum contact with public. Some of the junior ranked officers who may not be well educated, remain in touch with the public more than their officers. This naturally gives them a lot of practical experience. This experience further gets sufficiently sharpened by some common sense and highly developed presence of mind.           

SIX

In the following paragraph that has not been edited, there is one error  in each line. Spot the incorrect word and write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct question number. Underline the correct word  supplied. One is done as an example.

A railway station is a place wherein people        
wherein - where

by different cultures and attitude converge.

This is given a spectrum of a variety of

hews of life.People exhibit their attitude

towards their fellow beings. They experienced

feelings of pleasure and pains about their

relative and friends. Their weaknesses and strengths

comes out to the forefront on their faces. Some

experiences joy while others have depressing

feelings by joining and leaving their own people.

SOLUTION

In the following paragraph that has not been edited, there is one error  in each line. Spot the incorrect word and write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct question number. Underline the correct word  supplied. One is done as an example.

A railway station is a place wherein people   
wherein - where

by different cultures and attitude converge.
by - of

This is given a spectrum of a variety of                     
 is given - gives

hews of life.People exhibit their attitude      
hews - hues

towards their fellow beings. They experienced     
experienced - experience   

feelings of pleasure and pains about their         
pains - pain

relative and friends. Their weaknesses and strengths    
relative -  relatives

comes out to the forefront on their faces. Some  
comes - come

 experiences joy while others have depressing  
 experiences - experience

feelings by joining and leaving their own people.         
 by - of 

A railway station is a place where people of different cultures and attitude converge.This gives a spectrum of a variety of hues of life.People exhibit their attitude towards their fellow beings. They experience feelings of pleasure and pain about their relatives and friends. Their weaknesses and strengths come out to the forefront on their faces. Some experience joy while others have depressing feelings of joining and leaving their own people.

SEVEN

In the following paragraph that has not been edited, there is one error  in each line. Spot the incorrect word and write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct question number. Underline the correct word  supplied. One is done as an example.


Vertigo is a sensation of spinning dizzy.   
       dizzy - dizziness

It is not as simple as much people 

think. It is often associates with looking

down to height but it can also be caused

of the problems in inner ear or brain. This 

dizziness is comes with nausea, vomiting,

sweating or difficult in walking. Persistent

vertigo has linked with mental health 

issues. A psychiatric problem may causes

dizziness, and vertigo may lead by depression

and anxiety with an individual. Dizziness 

can happen with anyone at any age but

is commonly in people aged 65 or above

SOLUTION

Vertigo is a sensation of spinning dizzy 

   dizzy - dizziness

It is not as simple as much people   

 much - many

think it is often associates with looking 

 associates - associated 

down to height but it can also be caused

to - from 

of the problems in inner ear or brain. This

of - by

dizziness is comes with nausea, vomiting 

 comes - comes 

sweating or difficult in walking. Persistent

 difficult -difficulty   

vertigo has linked with mental health

 has - has been

issues. A psychiatric problem may cause

causes - cause

dismisses, and vertigo may lead by depression

by - to

     

and anxiety with an individual. Dizziness    

 with- in 

can happen with anyone at any age but       

with - to

is commonly in people aged 65 or above

commonly - common

Vertigo is a sensation of spinning dizziness. It is not as simple as many people think. It is often associated with looking down from height but it can also be caused  by the problems in inner ear or brain. This dizziness * comes with nausea, vomiting,sweating or difficulty in walking. Persistent vertigo has been linked with mental health issues. A psychiatric problem may cause dizziness, and vertigo may lead to depression and anxiety in an individual. Dizziness can happen to anyone at any age but is common in people aged 65 or above

EIGHT

In the following paragraph that has not been edited, there is one error  in each line. Spot the incorrect word and write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct question number. Underline the correct word  supplied. One is done as an example.

Now a days food is plenty by those    by-with

 which can afford it and at the same

time is in scant with those who is

 undernourished. The  former eats as
more as they desire 

whereas the latter
find it difficulty to get a square meal even.

Peoples having surplus food enjoy overeating

though it may pose hazards for their health.

 It is a snobbery by the rich to take

 food more then they require and they

 are also with the habit of  wasting food. 

They serve food lavishly for their parties

 to make show of their rich.They do not

 feel bad in throwing  lot  food in
waste basket. If they

 shun the habit of
overeating and waste food they can serve

 themselves as well as that who are 
undernourished. They 

could thus not only save
 themselves from diseases but also provides

 sufficient food by those who really require it. 

SOLUTION

Now a days food is plenty by those 
by-with

 which can afford it and at the same
which - who

time is in scant with those who is
is - are

 undernourished. The  former eats as
eats - eat

more as they desire 
more - much

whereas the latter
find it difficulty to get a square meal even.
difficulty - difficult

Peoples having surplus food enjoy overeating
peoples -  people

though it may pose hazards for their health.
for - to  

 It is a snobbery by the rich to take
by - among 

food more then they require and they
then - than 

 are also with the habit of  wasting food. 
with - in

They serve food lavishly for their parties
for - in

 to make show of their rich.They do not
rich - riches

 feel bad in throwing  lot  food in the
waste basket. If they
lot - a lot of

shun the habit of
overeating and waste food they can serve
waste - wasting

themselves as well as that who are 
undernourished. They 
that - those

could thus not only save
 themselves from diseases but also provides
could - can

 sufficient food by those who really require it. 

by - to

 Now a days food is plenty with those who can afford it and at the same time is in scant with those who are undernourished. The former eat as much as they desire whereas the latter find it difficult to get a square meal even. People having surplus food enjoy overeating though it may  pose hazards to their health. It is a snobbery among the rich to take food more than they require and they are also in the habit of  wasting food. They serve food lavishly in their parties  to make show of their riches.They do not  feel bad in throwing a lot of food in the waste basket. If they shun the  habits of overeating and wasting food they can serve themselves as well as those who are undernourished. They can thus not only save  themselves from diseases but also can provide sufficient food to those who really require it. 

(This method of writing in a paragraph is adopted just to make the concept of editing clear. Otherwise the  question in an examination is to be attempted as per instructions in the question.)