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Wed 5 Sep, 2007 07:05 am
Please make edits/corrections to the following paragraph.
I feel the above sentence is wrong and should be rewritten as follows:
Please edit/correct the following paragraph. (When someone edits, he/she also corrects and vice versa. Thus 'corrections' or 'edits' cannot go together.) Am I right?
Should 'edit' or 'correct' be used in the suggested sentence of mine?
Many thanks.
edit could be used in terms of "remove a piece".
Not necessarily correcting the parragraph/piece as a whole just removing a piece. An editor may edit because the piece is too long or contains irrelevant information.
The slash is indicating the word "and & or". I think you understand that.
Your rewrite is the simplest way of communicating the information needed. In my mind, simple is good.
Phoenix32890 wrote:This is tricky. Something can be edited, even if the paragraph is grammatically correct. For instance, in a newspaper, a story may have to be edited to make it more compact, or to remove something that the management of the paper does not want to publicize, or even to add something.
In a school situation, where someone is asked to change a paragraph because of grammatical and/or spelling mistakes, the right form would be:
Quote:Please make corrections to the following paragraphs.
Is it okay if it were written as "Please correct the following paragraphs"?
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