Question

Her duties for the day were over(a)
She had scrub the floor of the kitchen(b)

Answer 1

Correct sentences would be:

(a) Her duties were over for the day.

(b) She had been scrubbing the floor of the kitchen.

Answer 2

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) for                             of

(b) scrub                        scrubbed