Editing errors , it has been rightly say that the , choice of books are as important as, the choice of friends . Books that is, selected are friends of a life time. , I know that it is no possible to, read all the books from a , particular subject. The best thing, is to read best books on the subject.
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Answer:
The edited unseen passage is-
It has been rightly said that the choice of books is as important as the choice of friends. Books that are selected are friends for a lifetime. I know that it is not possible to, read all the books on a particular subject. The best thing is to read the best books on the subject.
Explanation:
- In English, Error Correction is an editing method by which one can identify errors/ incorrect words/mistakes such as grammatical errors, absence of articles, incorrect prepositions, conjunctions, tenses, verbs, etc. in a sentence or any unseen passage and convert it into an error-free, correct sentence or passage.
- Editing the passage means making corrections and adding correct words and correcting the passage grammatically to make it more meaningful.
Hence the errors and corrections are as follows-
Error Correction
(1) say said
(2) are is
(3) is are
(4) of for
(5) no not
(6) from on
(7) best the best
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Answer:
Editing errors : -
(a) It has been rightly said that the choice of books is as important as the
(b) choice of friends. Books that are selected are friends of a life time. I
(c) know that it is not possible to read all the books from a particular
(d) subject. The best thing is to read (the) best books on the subject.
Explanation:
Each line has an error. I will explain error in each line one by one.
(a) It has been rightly said that the choice of books is as important as the
- The tense used here is 'has been said' which is present perfect tense which shows that an action began in the past and continues till now. So, instead of 'says' we will use the past tense i.e. 'said'.
- Also, 'is' is used with singular nouns. So, it will be 'choice of books is
important' is correct and not choice of books are important'.
(b) choice of friends. Books that are selected are friends of a life time. I
'are' is used with plural nouns, so 'books that are selected' is correct.
(c) know that it is not possible to read all the books from a particular
'Not' is used with verbs to form negative sentences. Not is used after the first auxiliary verb or modal. Here it should be used after the auxiliary verb 'is'.
(d) subject. The best thing is to read (the) best books on the subject.
'The' is added before the word best as the adjective good is in the superlative degree as 'best' so we are specifying reading of only best books. This will require a definite article before best i.e. 'the'.