---
title: "Edit text: Bengali lady and sitar player"
subject: "Communication English"
chapter: 3
key: "semester_5/communication_english:edit-text-bengali-lady-sitar"
source: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_5/communication_english/edit-text-bengali-lady-sitar
site: BCT Engineering
---

# Edit text: Bengali lady and sitar player

Communication English · Chapter 3: Contextual Grammar

- Asked in: 2072 Chaitra, 5 marks
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
- Page: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_5/communication_english/edit-text-bengali-lady-sitar
- Whole chapter: https://www.bctengineer.com/md/semester_5/communication_english/chapter-3

## Question

Edit the following text:
But the Bengali lady with green who kept darting looks at the drummer rather than on the beautiful sitar player whispered suddenly he keeps staring at me Minakshi. Or, perhaps it is I who keep staring at him. I cant take my eyes off him Minakshi.

## Short answer

But the Bengali lady in green, who kept darting looks at the drummer rather than at the beautiful sitar player, whispered suddenly, "He keeps staring at me, Minakshi. Or perhaps it is I who keep staring at him. I can't take my eyes off him, Minakshi."

## Answer

#### Edited text
But the Bengali lady in green, who kept darting looks at the drummer rather than at the beautiful sitar player, whispered suddenly, "He keeps staring at me, Minakshi. Or perhaps it is I who keep staring at him. I can't take my eyes off him, Minakshi."

#### Corrections made
- "with green" changed to "in green" (clothing takes "in").
- Commas added around the relative clause "who kept darting looks ... sitar player".
- "on the beautiful sitar player" changed to "at the beautiful sitar player" ("look at").
- Quotation marks added around the spoken words, with a comma after "suddenly" and a capital "He".
- Commas added before "Minakshi" (direct address), and the unnecessary comma after "Or" removed.
- "cant" corrected to "can't".

## Check yourself

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

1. 'with green' is changed to
   A. on green
   B. in green
   C. by green
   D. at green
   Answer: B. Clothing takes 'in'. (Key point: Clothing preposition)

2. 'rather than on the beautiful sitar player' becomes
   A. rather than at the beautiful sitar player
   B. rather than to
   C. rather than by
   D. unchanged
   Answer: A. The phrase is 'look at'. (Key point: Look at)

3. Why are commas added before 'Minakshi'?
   A. It is a list
   B. It is a date
   C. It is a quotation
   D. It is direct address
   Answer: D. Names addressed directly are set off by commas. (Key point: Direct address)

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