Question

In the presioner's room a candle is
burning dimly. A prisoner himself
sat by the table. Only him back,
the hair by his head, and his
hands, are visible from outside
through any window.​

Answer 1

*CORRECT QUESTION

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error along with its correction in the space provided.

Error Correction

In the Prisoner's Room a Candle is was

burning dimly. A Prisoner himself

1.sat by the Table Only him back, 2. the hair by his head, and his 3.hands are visible from outside 4.

through any Window.

ANSWER

ERROR. CORRECTION

1. ERROR. CORRECTIONA. The
2. ERROR. CORRECTIONA. The Him. His
3. ERROR. CORRECTIONA. The Him. His By. On
4. ERROR. CORRECTIONA. The Him. His By. On Are. were
5. ERROR. CORRECTIONA. The Him. His By. On Are. wereAny. The

EXPLANATION

• We are required to provide correct words instead of the underlined incorrect words in the given passage.
• The first underlined Word is 'A'. The correct word used is 'The'.
• 'The' is the definite article that is used before a noun known to the reader.
• Whereas the indefinite article (a/an) is used when a generic or non-specific noun is present.
• The first underlined word is Him. The correct pronoun should be His.
• Him is the possessive/genitive form of the pronoun 'he', whereas his is the accusative/objective pronoun of 'he'.
• The third underlined word is By. The correct word is On.
• The preposition By is used to represent something next to or close to something else. Whereas the preposition on is used for an object positioned at the upper surface touching from above.
• The word 'were' should be used instead of are. Because the sentence is describing something that happened in past.
• The word Any is used for indefinite quantities, hence the correct word should 'The'.

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