Question

(a) As the grammar of standard English extends to a grammar of code. Our errors find themselves embedded in programmes and replicating further and more widely than previously imaginable.
(b) Even a poorly constructed tweet reflects a poorly constructed thought, while grammatically lacking e-mail messages have become the hallmark of password phishing scams.
(c) Language is no less exacting than mathematics.
(d) As the title of a book “Eats, Shoots and leaves” demonstrates, a single comma can change a sentence about the diet of a panda to one describing the behavior of a dine-and-dash killer.
(e) The emergence of digital technology makes precision in language even more important.
a. acdeb
b. cdeab
c. deabc
d. edabc

Answer 1

Hint: These sentences when arranged in the correct sequence form a meaningful paragraph that conveys a concise idea.

Complete answer:

The main idea of the paragraph is either conveyed in the starting or towards the end. The main idea of the passage is, “language is no less exacting than mathematics.” This so the paragraph begins with this sentence, ‘c’. This would then be followed by an example illustration of the same idea which is sentence ‘d’. Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ talk about the impact of digital platforms while sentence ‘d’ talks about the digital platform itself. Thus, sentence ‘e’ should come first, followed by ‘a’ and ‘b’ respectively. Thus, the correct sequence is option b “cdeab”.
The paragraph is, “(c) Language is no less exacting than mathematics. (d) As the title of the book “Eats, Shoots, and leaves” demonstrates, a single comma can change a sentence about the diet of a panda to one describing the behavior of a dine-and-dash killer. (e) The emergence of digital technology makes precision in language even more important. (a) As the grammar of standard English extends to a grammar of code. Our errors find themselves embedded in programs and replicating further and more widely than previously imaginable. (b) Even a poorly constructed tweet reflects a poorly constructed thought, while grammatically lacking e-mail messages have become the hallmark of password phishing scams.

Note: One can find the correct sequence even after the first step or the first two steps as only one option sequence begins with ‘c’ and continues as ‘cd..’ One can check for the sequence.