Welcome! This lesson is designed to help you master error correction and self-editing, skills indispensable for any English proficiency test. We will focus on the role of community in social development. Please read the text below, identify and correct the errors using the checklist, and only then review our corrected version and the accompanying explanations. Active practice is the best way to improve!
Error-Filled Text – Practice
Community play a pivotal roles in social development, acting as the bedrock upon which individuals well-being and societal progress is builded. Strong communitys provide essential social support networks, foster a sense of belong, and facilitate collective action for address shared challenges. When people feel connect to their neighbours and local institutions, they are more likely engage in civic life, participate in local governance, and contributing to the common good. This social cohesion are vital for create resilient and thriving societies.
Local community organizations, such as neighborhood associations, clubs, and faith-based groups, often delivers crucial services that governments or markets cannot provide efficient. They understand local needs intimate and can tailor interventions accordingly. For instance, community health initiatives driven by local volunteers have proven effective in improve health outcomes in many under-resourced settings. Similar, community-based education programs can help bridge learning gaps and promote lifelong learn opportunities for all ages groups. Empowerment of community members to take ownership of development processes are key; top-down approaches often fails because they don’t reflect local realitys or priorities.
However, not all communitys are inherently positive forces. Some can be exclusionary, perpetuate inequalities, or resist necessary changes. Internal conflicts and lack of resource can also hinder their capacitys for effective action. Furthermore, globalization and urbanization trends sometimes weakens traditional community bonds, lead to social isolation and fragmentation. Strengthen community therefore require conscious effort. This includes invest in community infrastructure (like parks and centers), promoting inclusive local leaderships, supporting grassroots initiatives, and facilitate dialogue across diverse groups within the community. Recognising and harness the power of community are fundamental for achieve sustainable and equitable social development globaly.
Editing Prompt & Checklist
Please edit the text above carefully. Check for:
- Spelling Errors: Are words spelled correctly?
- Grammar Mistakes: Subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, articles, pronouns (its/it’s, their/there/they’re), prepositions, sentence structure (run-ons, fragments), comparatives/superlatives, pluralization.
- Vocabulary Issues: Appropriate word choice, awkward phrasing, correct word forms.
- Punctuation Errors: Commas, apostrophes, etc.
- Clarity and Flow: Logical connections, smooth reading, avoiding wordiness.
Complete your corrections before looking at the next section.
Corrected Text with Detailed Explanations
Original: Community play a pivotal roles in social development, acting as the bedrock upon which individuals well-being and societal progress is builded.
Corrected: Community plays a pivotal role in social development, acting as the bedrock upon which individual well-being and societal progress are built.
Explanations:
- “Community play”: Subject-verb agreement error. “Community” (as a general concept) is singular, requiring the singular verb “plays.”
- “roles”: Should be singular (“role”) as it refers to the general pivotal function.
- “individuals”: Incorrect possessive/form. The adjective “individual” is needed to modify “well-being.”
- “is builded”: Subject-verb agreement error (“well-being and progress” is plural, needing “are”) and incorrect past participle (“built” is correct, not “builded”).
Original: Strong communitys provide essential social support networks, foster a sense of belong, and facilitate collective action for address shared challenges.
Corrected: Strong communities provide essential social support networks, foster a sense of belonging, and facilitate collective action to address shared challenges.
Explanations:
- “communitys”: Spelling/Pluralization error. Plural is “communities.”
- “belong”: Incorrect word form. The gerund/noun “belonging” is needed after “sense of.”
- “for address”: Incorrect structure. The infinitive of purpose “to address” is needed.
Original: When people feel connect to their neighbours and local institutions, they are more likely engage in civic life, participate in local governance, and contributing to the common good.
Corrected: When people feel connected to their neighbours and local institutions, they are more likely to engage in civic life, participate in local governance, and contribute to the common good.
Explanations:
- “connect”: Incorrect word form. The past participle adjective “connected” is needed after “feel.”
- “engage,” “contributing”: Incorrect verb forms. After “likely,” the infinitive “to engage” is required. Parallelism requires the base form “contribute” to match “engage” and “participate” (implied “to” before each).
Original: This social cohesion are vital for create resilient and thriving societies.
Corrected: This social cohesion is vital for creating (or to create) resilient and thriving societies.
Explanations:
- “are”: Subject-verb agreement error. The subject “cohesion” is singular, requiring the singular verb “is.”
- “for create”: Incorrect structure. Preposition + gerund (“for creating”) or infinitive of purpose (“to create”) is needed. “For creating” fits slightly better as a result/purpose of cohesion being vital.
Original: Local community organizations, such as neighborhood associations, clubs, and faith-based groups, often delivers crucial services that governments or markets cannot provide efficient.
Corrected: Local community organizations, such as neighborhood associations, clubs, and faith-based groups, often deliver crucial services that governments or markets cannot provide efficiently.
Explanations:
- “delivers”: Subject-verb agreement error. The subject “organizations” is plural, requiring the base verb form “deliver.”
- “efficient”: Incorrect word form. The adverb “efficiently” is needed to modify “provide.”
Original: They understand local needs intimate and can tailor interventions accordingly.
Corrected: They understand local needs intimately and can tailor interventions accordingly.
Explanations:
- “intimate”: Incorrect word form. The adverb “intimately” is needed to modify “understand.”
Original: For instance, community health initiatives driven by local volunteers have proven effective in improve health outcomes in many under-resourced settings.
Corrected: For instance, community health initiatives driven by local volunteers have proven effective in improving health outcomes in many under-resourced settings.
Explanations:
- “improve”: Incorrect verb form. After the preposition “in,” the gerund “improving” is required.
Original: Similar, community-based education programs can help bridge learning gaps and promote lifelong learn opportunities for all ages groups.
Corrected: Similarly, community-based education programs can help bridge learning gaps and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all age groups.
Explanations:
- “Similar”: Incorrect word form. The adverb “Similarly” is needed to connect this sentence logically to the previous one.
- “learn”: Incorrect word form. The gerund/noun “learning” is needed after “lifelong.”
- “ages”: Incorrect word form. The singular “age” is used as an adjective modifying “groups” (age groups).
Original: Empowerment of community members to take ownership of development processes are key; top-down approaches often fails because they don’t reflect local realitys or priorities.
Corrected: Empowerment of community members to take ownership of development processes is key; top-down approaches often fail because they don’t reflect local realities or priorities.
Explanations:
- “are”: Subject-verb agreement error. The subject “Empowerment” is singular, requiring the singular verb “is.”
- “fails”: Subject-verb agreement error. The subject “approaches” is plural, requiring the base verb form “fail.”
- “realitys”: Spelling/Pluralization error. The plural of “reality” is “realities.”
Original: However, not all communitys are inherently positive forces.
Corrected: However, not all communities are inherently positive forces.
Explanations:
- “communitys”: Spelling/Pluralization error. Plural is “communities.”
Original: Some can be exclusionary, perpetuate inequalities, or resist necessary changes. Internal conflicts and lack of resource can also hinder their capacitys for effective action.
Corrected: Some can be exclusionary, perpetuate inequalities, or resist necessary changes. Internal conflicts and lack of resources can also hinder their capacities for effective action.
Explanations:
- “resource”: Should be plural (“resources”) as it generally refers to multiple types or quantities.
- “capacitys”: Spelling/Pluralization error. Plural is “capacities.”
Original: Furthermore, globalization and urbanization trends sometimes weakens traditional community bonds, lead to social isolation and fragmentation.
Corrected: Furthermore, globalization and urbanization trends sometimes weaken traditional community bonds, leading to social isolation and fragmentation.
Explanations:
- “weakens”: Subject-verb agreement error. The subject “trends” is plural, requiring the base verb form “weaken.”
- “lead”: Incorrect verb form. A participle phrase “leading…” is needed to connect this result logically to the main clause.
Original: Strengthen community therefore require conscious effort.
Corrected: Strengthening community therefore requires conscious effort.
Explanations:
- “Strengthen community”: Incorrect subject form. The gerund “Strengthening community” is needed as the subject of the sentence.
- “require”: Subject-verb agreement error. The gerund subject “Strengthening community” is singular, requiring the singular verb “requires.”
Original: This includes invest in community infrastructure (like parks and centers), promoting inclusive local leaderships, supporting grassroots initiatives, and facilitate dialogue across diverse groups within the community.
Corrected: This includes investing in community infrastructure (like parks and centers), promoting inclusive local leadership, supporting grassroots initiatives, and facilitating dialogue across diverse groups within the community.
Explanations:
- “invest,” “facilitate”: Incorrect verb forms. Parallelism with “promoting” and “supporting” requires the gerund forms “investing” and “facilitating.”
- “leaderships”: Incorrect pluralization. “Leadership” is often used as an uncountable noun referring to the quality or position. If referring to multiple leaders, “leaders” would be used, but “leadership” fits better here as a general concept.
Original: Recognising and harness the power of community are fundamental for achieve sustainable and equitable social development globaly.
Corrected: Recognizing and harnessing the power of community is fundamental to achieving (or for achieving) sustainable and equitable social development globally.
Explanations:
- “Recognising,” “harness”: Spelling variation (“Recognizing” is US/preferred international) and incorrect verb form. Parallel gerunds “Recognizing and harnessing” are needed as the compound subject.
- “are”: Subject-verb agreement error. The compound gerund subject (“Recognizing and harnessing”) functions as a singular idea here, requiring the singular verb “is.”
- “for achieve”: Incorrect structure. “Fundamental to + gerund” (“to achieving”) or “for + gerund” (“for achieving”) is needed. “To achieving” sounds slightly more idiomatic here.
- “globaly”: Spelling error. Correct spelling is “globally.”
Assignment
Finally, test your editing prowess on this last text about community and social development. Correct all the errors you find. The corrected version follows without explanations.
Assignment Text (Error-Filled):
Social development are intrinsically link to the health and vitality of its communities. When communities is empowerd to identify their own needs and devise solutions, development outcomes tend to be more sustainable and equitable. Participatory approaches, whom actively involve residents in decision-making processes, build ownership and enhances local capacitys. For example projects co-designed with community member are often better tailored to the local context than those impose from outside. This grassroots involvement foster social capital – the networks, norms, and trust that facilitate cooperation for mutual benefit.
However, build strong community capital require time and deliberate effort. Existing social divisions based on ethnicity, class, or gender can undermine cohesions and collaboration. Acces to resources, include funding and technical expertise, are often unequal, limiting the ability of marginalized group to participate fully. External factors, like economic downturns or policy shift, can also destabilize community structures. Therefore, support social development effective means not just implement projects, but also invest in the underlying social fabric. It involve create inclusive spaces for dialogue strengthen local institutions and promote leadership that represent the diversity of the community truely. Ultimately, resilient communitys form the essential foundation upon which broader societal progress depend.
Corrected Assignment Text – No Explanations
Social development is intrinsically linked to the health and vitality of its communities. When communities are empowered to identify their own needs and devise solutions, development outcomes tend to be more sustainable and equitable. Participatory approaches, which actively involve residents in decision-making processes, build ownership and enhance local capacities. For example, projects co-designed with community members are often better tailored to the local context than those imposed from outside. This grassroots involvement fosters social capital – the networks, norms, and trust that facilitate cooperation for mutual benefit.
However, building strong community capital requires time and deliberate effort. Existing social divisions based on ethnicity, class, or gender can undermine cohesion and collaboration. Access to resources, including funding and technical expertise, is often unequal, limiting the ability of marginalized groups to participate fully. External factors, like economic downturns or policy shifts, can also destabilize community structures. Therefore, supporting social development effectively means not just implementing projects, but also investing in the underlying social fabric. It involves creating inclusive spaces for dialogue, strengthening local institutions, and promoting leadership that truly represents the diversity of the community. Ultimately, resilient communities form the essential foundation upon which broader societal progress depends.
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