---
title: "Edit passage: jobs lost to robots"
subject: "Communication English"
chapter: 3
key: "semester_5/communication_english:edit-passage-robots-endangered-species"
source: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_5/communication_english/edit-passage-robots-endangered-species
site: BCT Engineering
---

# Edit passage: jobs lost to robots

Communication English · Chapter 3: Contextual Grammar

- Asked in: 2069 Chaitra, 5 marks
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
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## Question

Edit the following passage which contains a good many errors.
Certain jobs mostly simple or hazardos one are irretrievably loses too robotics. Thus spot welders press operators, spray painters cleaners, machine loaders grinding and polishing machine operators is endangered species.

## Short answer

Certain jobs, mostly simple or hazardous ones, are irretrievably lost to robotics. Thus spot welders, press operators, spray painters, cleaners, machine loaders, and grinding and polishing machine operators are endangered species.

## Answer

#### Edited passage
Certain jobs, mostly simple or hazardous ones, are irretrievably lost to robotics. Thus spot welders, press operators, spray painters, cleaners, machine loaders, and grinding and polishing machine operators are endangered species.

#### Corrections made
- Commas placed around "mostly simple or hazardous ones".
- "hazardos" corrected to "hazardous"; "one" changed to "ones" to agree with "jobs".
- "loses" changed to "lost" (past participle, passive voice); "too" changed to "to".
- Commas added in the list of occupations: "Thus spot welders, press operators, ...".
- "is" changed to "are" (the subject is plural).

## Check yourself

The answer's key points as multiple-choice questions, with the correct option and why.

1. 'are irretrievably loses too robotics' is corrected to:
   A. are irretrievably lost to robotics
   B. are irretrievably losing too robotics
   C. are irretrievably loose to robotics
   D. were irretrievably loses to robotics
   Answer: A. The passive needs the past participle 'lost', and 'too' (also) is wrongly used for the preposition 'to'. (Key point: Past participle in passive)

2. Why is 'hazardos one' changed to 'hazardous ones'?
   A. 'Ones' agrees with the plural 'jobs'
   B. 'One' is not a word
   C. 'Ones' is more formal
   D. Because the verb is singular
   Answer: A. The pronoun stands for 'jobs', which is plural; the spelling is also fixed to 'hazardous'. (Key point: Pronoun agreement)

3. What punctuation fixes 'spot welders press operators, spray painters cleaners...'?
   A. Commas between every item in the list
   B. Colons between items
   C. Dashes
   D. No punctuation
   Answer: A. Items in a list are separated by commas, with 'and' before the last. (Key point: Commas in a list)

4. 'operators is endangered species' becomes:
   A. operators is endangered species
   B. operators are endangered species
   C. operator are endangered species
   D. operators was endangered species
   Answer: B. The subject (the list of workers) is plural, so 'are'. (Key point: Subject-verb agreement)

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