The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the incorrect word and provide its correct replacement:

 

Incorrect word                        Correct word

When an war broke out in Crimea, many British                      (1)________________                        _______________

soldiers were sent out for fight there. Many                             (2)________________                       _______________

off these soldiers were injured in the battle and                      (3)________________                       _______________

were sent to an Army hospital in Turkey. There                        (4)________________                       _______________

they dead like flies, not from their wounds, but                        (5)________________                       _______________

from neglect so there were no doctors and nurses                   (6)________________                       _______________

to taking care of them. Florence Nightingale                             (7)________________                       _______________

by a group of thirty five nurses went to the                               (8)________________                       _______________

Crimean war hospital.

 

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Answers:

1. an—a
2. for—to
3. off—of
4. an—the
5. dead—died
6. so—as
7. taking—take
8. by—with