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.
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.
- 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
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
full of hurdles
7.obstacles. One has learn to overcome
has to learn
8.the hurdles and obstacles achieve
obstacles to achieve
obstacles to achieve
9.the desired goal. A little failure not matter.
failure does not
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.
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.
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.
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
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
that the average toddler today spends a hour
a hour - an hour
watching TV. At the time a child reaches the
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.
administration who remains in maximum
contact to public. Some of the junior
to - with
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.
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
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
by - of
This is given a spectrum of a variety of
is given - gives
is given - gives
hews of life.People exhibit their attitude
hews - hues
hews - hues
towards their fellow beings. They experienced
experienced - experience
experienced - experience
feelings of pleasure and pains about their
pains - pain
pains - pain
relative and friends. Their weaknesses and strengths
relative - relatives
relative - relatives
comes out to the forefront on their faces. Some
comes - come
comes - come
experiences joy while others have depressing
experiences - experience
experiences - experience
feelings by joining and leaving their own people.
by - of
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
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
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.
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-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.)
