Question

Read the text below and correct the 4 errors in grammar Although it is occasionally seen as the women’s-only form of exercise, yoga is for everyone. And men, especially those who don’t do much aerobic exercise, and others who spend a lot of time hunched over staring at screens, tend to need it more than anyone else. Yoga provides not just the physical workout but also a mental and spiritual lift. “Some people have a out-of-date image of yoga,” says Joe Cowan, an yoga instructor from Peterborough. “The modern reality, however, is very different.”

Answer 1

Answer:

Although yoga is occasionally seen as the women’s-only form of exercise, it is for everyone. And men, especially those who don’t do much aerobic exercise, and others who spend a lot of time hunched over staring at screens, tend to need it more than anyone else. Yoga provides not just the physical workout but also a mental and spiritual lift. “Some people have an out-of-date image of yoga,” says Joe Cowan, a yoga instructor from Peterborough. “The modern reality, however, is very different.”

Explanation:

the indefinite articles are used wrongly. Where 'a' is appropriate, 'an' is inserted and vice versa. As a paragraph, it should not begin with a pronoun and it appears appropriate to use the noun 'yoga' instead of the pronoun 'it'

Answer 2

Answer:

Although people occasionally misconstrue Yoga as a women’s-only form of exercise however it is for everyone. (1)

And men, especially those who don’t do much aerobic exercise, and others who spend a lot of time hunched over staring at screens, tend to need it more than anyone else. (2)

Yoga provides not just a physical workout but also a mental and spiritual lift. (3)

             

“Some people have an out-of-date image of Yoga,” says Joe Cowan, a yoga instructor from Peterborough. (4)

“The modern reality, however, is very different.” (5)

Explanation:

• In the first sentence, the word yoga (which is a noun) is spelled as shown with a lower case "y" instead of the upper case"Y". This error is also repeated in sentence 4.
• In the first sentence, an issue with Passive Voice misuse was also detected and corrected. Rather than being vague about the subject (People) who performs the verb of misconstruing Yoga as a women's-only form of exercise the subject (People) was introduced to properly clear that up.
• There was an issue of incorrect article usage in the third sentence above. The article "the" had to be replaced for the sentence to become grammatically correct.
• There were also two article usage issues in the fourth sentence. Article "a" was replaced with "an" just before the word out-of-date, while article "an" was replaced with "a" for the sentence to become grammatically correct.

The corrected text is thus given below albeit numbered for ease of reference:

1. Although people occasionally misconstrue Yoga as a women’s-only form of exercise however it is for everyone.
2. And men, especially those who don’t do much aerobic exercise and others who spend a lot of time hunched over staring at screens, tend to need it more than anyone else.
3. Yoga provides not just a physical workout but also a mental and spiritual lift. “Some people have an out-of-date image of yoga,” says Joe Cowan, a yoga instructor from Peterborough.
4. “The modern reality, however, is very different.”

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