Editing:
What is editing:
● Editing means correcting the mistakes.
● It means to make changes in a text.
● Editing means to change any word in a sentence.
● In editing we have to find mistakes or errors and write it correctly.
To look for the error in the sentence look for the following:
Tenses
Number (Singular and plural)
Subject-verb concord
Verb
Modals
Articles
Preposition
Pronoun
Conjunction
Spelling
The question asked in editing exercise looks like:
The following passage has not been edited, there is one error in each line. Write the
incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct question
number. The first one has been done as an example.
For example:
Error correction
In the evening, as I am Eg:__am_____ ___was_____
Returning by the market, I _____by_____ ____from____
Saw improper rows to ______to____ _____of____
Vehicles. An accident had took ____took____ ____taken___
Place killing two girls and injure ____injure___ ___injuring__
Other four. The men are ___are______ _____were__
Driving in high speed. ___in_______ ___at______
Example-2:
Incorrect Correct
Time is very precious than
(a) __________ ___________
money.
Money once lose can be regained (b) ___________ __________
but time once lost was lost
(c) ___________ __________
forever.
Time and tide waits for no one. A (d) ___________ __________
Lost opportunities may spoil one’s
(e) ___________ __________
life.
Those who doesn’t act in time (f) ___________ __________
has to repent afterwards. An
(g) __________ __________
intelligent
student prepares his lessons on
(h) ___________ __________
advance.
Hence proper using of time is
(i) ___________ ___________
essential in life.
Answer:
(a) Very – more
(b) Lose – lost
(c) Was – is
(d) Waits – wait
(e) Opportunities – opportunity
(f) Doesn’t – don’t
(g) Has – have
(h) On – in
(i) Using – use
Example-3:
Error
Correction
Kashmir is right called the
e.g right rightly
e.g. right rightly
“Paradise in Earth”, Its
(a) ___________ _________
beauty
is to be see to be believed. (b) __________ __________
The rivers, hill, mountains
(c) ___________ __________
and
gardens are the tourist
(d) ___________ __________
attract.
The snow-clad mountains
(e) ______________ __________
is
a treat for.the eyes. (f) ______________ _________
Answer:
(a) in – on
(b) see – seen
(c) hill – hills
(d) attract – attractions
(e) is – are
(f) for – to
Example- 4:
Error Correction
The more important advantage e.g more most
of a nuclear family are that (a) _____________ ______________
people get his privacy. (b) _____________ ______________
In a joint family, their are (c) ______________ ______________
restrictions which todays (d) ______________ ______________
generation do not like. (e) ______________ ______________
They disregard the
(f) ______________ ______________
disadvantages of a joint family.
Answers:
(a) are – is
(b) his – their
(c) their – there
(d) todays – today’s
(e) do – does
(f) disadvantages – advantages
