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Task-1
Let's Learn from Others' Mistakes
Common Errors
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Source: Mr Mohit 07-06-24 Day 18
Original Text
The graph displays the vaccination impact on the incidence of whooping cough, a childhood illness, from 1940 to 1990 in Britain. A noticeable trend is that, there was a strong inverse relationship between the vaccine and whooping cough cases.
Corrected
Errors:
- vaccination impact should be impact of vaccination
- Unnecessary comma after that
- Extra space before A noticeable trend
- vaccine should be vaccination
Corrected version:
The graph displays the impact of vaccination on the incidence of whooping cough, a childhood illness, from 1940 to 1990 in Britain. A noticeable trend is that there was a strong inverse relationship between the vaccination and whooping cough cases.
Improved
Improved version:
The graph illustrates the impact of vaccination on the incidence of whooping cough, a childhood illness, in Britain from 1940 to 1990. A notable trend is the strong inverse relationship between vaccination rates and whooping cough cases.
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Original Text
In the year 1940, there was a sharp increase in the cases of whooping cough around 1,70,000. After that, wild fluctuation occured from the year 1945 to 1950. Vaccination was started in 1955, which gaves a sharp declined in the cases till the 1970s.
Corrected
Errors:
- In the year 1940 can be simplified to In 1940
- 1,70,000 should be 170,000
- wild fluctuation occured should be wild fluctuations occurred
- from the year 1945 to 1950 can be simplified to between 1945 and 1950
- Vaccination was started should be Vaccination began
- gaves a sharp declined should be gave a sharp decline
- till should be until
Corrected version:
In 1940, there was a sharp increase in the cases of whooping cough around 170,000. After that, wild fluctuations occurred between 1945 and 1950. Vaccination began in 1955, which gave a sharp decline in the cases until the 1970s.
Improved
Improved version:
In 1940, whooping cough cases surged to around 170,000. Subsequently, wild fluctuations occurred between 1945 and 1950. The introduction of vaccination in 1955 led to a sharp decline in cases until the 1970s.
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Original Text
Unfortunately, vaccine uptake plunged dramatically in 1975, only to bounce back. As a consequence, cases went up to a moderate rise ,and Finally, levelling off fitfully for the next three decades. By the year 1975, vaccine uptake rose stedily, and substantially reached 94% in 2010.
Corrected
Errors:
- vaccine uptake should be vaccination uptake (for consistency)
- only to bounce back can be more specific
- cases went up to a moderate rise should be rephrased
- Comma after rise should be removed
- Finally should be lowercase finally
- levelling off fitfully should be leveled off irregularly
- By the year 1975 should be By 1980 (assuming it's a typographical error as 1975 is mentioned twice with conflicting information)
- stedily should be steadily
- substantially reached should be substantially increased to
Corrected version:
Unfortunately, vaccination uptake plunged dramatically in 1975, only to recover quickly. As a consequence, cases experienced a moderate rise and finally leveled off irregularly for the next three decades. By 1980, vaccination uptake rose steadily, and substantially increased to 94% in 2010.
Improved
Improved version:
Unfortunately, vaccination uptake plunged dramatically in 1975, only to recover quickly. Consequently, whooping cough cases experienced a moderate rise before leveling off irregularly for the next three decades. By 1980, vaccination uptake* steadily increased, eventually reaching 94% in 2010.
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Original Text
Overall, although numerous fluctuations can be seen in the given graph but cursory glance reveals that burgeoning the use of vaccine leads to a tailling off the cases.
Corrected
Errors:
- but is redundant after although
- cursory glance should be a cursory glance
- burgeoning the use of vaccine should be the burgeoning use of vaccination
- tailling off should be tailing off
- Remove extra spaces before burgeoning and the
Corrected version:
Overall, although numerous fluctuations can be seen in the given graph, a cursory glance reveals that the burgeoning use of vaccination leads to a tailing off of the cases.
Improved
Improved version:
Overall, despite numerous fluctuations in the graph, it is evident that the increasing use of vaccination has led to a significant decline in whooping cough cases.