Question

Edit the following passage
Stirred by the smell of food
the dog stands before the blind a)
man wagging his tail and gazing on b)
the bowl. A blind man asked who c)
is there? At whom the dog went up d)
for him and licked his hand. e)

Answer 1

Answer :

Editing in language is defined as making changes to a text in order to correct mistakes and/or remove irrelevant parts to prepare the final draft for printing.

The purpose of editing exercises is to make students proficient in proof reading by helping them to identify and correct errors in a text.

The errors in the given passage along with their corrections are as follows :

    Incorrect                  Correct

a)  stands                      stood

b)  on                             at

c)  A                                The

d)  is                                was

e)  for                               to

Answer 2

Answer:

Stirred by the smell of food the dog stood before the blind man. Wagging his tail, he gazed on the bowl. The blind man asked, “Who is there?” At that, the dog went up to him and licked his hand.

The blind man realised that it was a mere mule, so he bent down to pat the dog and scratch his head. The dog leapt on him happily and licked his face.

Explanation: