---
title: "Edit text: Kashmiri vendors"
subject: "Communication English"
chapter: 3
key: "semester_5/communication_english:edit-text-kashmiri-vendors"
source: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_5/communication_english/edit-text-kashmiri-vendors
site: BCT Engineering
---

# Edit text: Kashmiri vendors

Communication English · Chapter 3: Contextual Grammar

- Asked in: 2070 Ashad, 5 marks
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
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## Question

Edit the following text do as to make it free from errors:
It was then that my brother-in-law spoke to me. I m well aware of the hardships faced by these kashmiri vendors he said as i looked at him still confused. they eat in morning then spend the rest of the day roaming around the city on foot hungry and thirsty. When i saw them i wanted to offer them food. But they have their pride. They would never accept anything unless i pretended to be interested in their wares and made the offer of the food look incidental.

## Short answer

The text is corrected: 'I'm well aware of the hardships faced by these Kashmiri vendors,' he said, as I looked at him, still confused. 'They eat in the morning... look incidental.'

## Answer

#### Edited text
It was then that my brother-in-law spoke to me. "I'm well aware of the hardships faced by these Kashmiri vendors," he said, as I looked at him, still confused. "They eat in the morning, then spend the rest of the day roaming around the city on foot, hungry and thirsty. When I saw them, I wanted to offer them food. But they have their pride. They would never accept anything unless I pretended to be interested in their wares and made the offer of the food look incidental."

#### Corrections made
- "I m" corrected to "I'm"; quotation marks and commas added around the spoken words.
- "kashmiri" capitalised as a proper adjective; "i" corrected to "I" throughout.
- "they eat" started with a capital letter; "in morning" changed to "in the morning".
- Commas added before "still confused", after "foot" and after "When I saw them".

## Check yourself

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

1. Which words must be capitalised in the text?
   A. Only the first word of each sentence
   B. 'kashmiri' (proper adjective) and the pronoun 'i'
   C. Only 'vendors'
   D. Every noun
   Answer: B. Proper adjectives like Kashmiri and the pronoun I are always capitalised. (Key point: Capitalisation)

2. How should the brother-in-law's spoken words be marked?
   A. With quotation marks and commas around 'he said'
   B. With brackets
   C. With no change
   D. With a colon after each sentence
   Answer: A. Spoken words go in quotation marks, with commas separating the reporting phrase 'he said'. (Key point: Punctuating dialogue)

3. What is the correct form of 'they eat in morning'?
   A. they eat in a morning
   B. They eat in the morning
   C. They eat on morning
   D. They eat in morning
   Answer: B. The phrase needs the article: 'in the morning', and the sentence starts with a capital letter. (Key point: Articles)

4. Which comma use is part of the correction?
   A. Before every noun
   B. After 'foot' and after the introductory clause 'When I saw them'
   C. Between subject and verb
   D. After every 'the'
   Answer: B. Commas separate 'on foot, hungry and thirsty' and an introductory clause from the main clause. (Key point: Commas)

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