Proofreading, Revising, & Editing Skills Success

[Pages:205]PROOFREADING, REVISING, &

EDITING SKILLS SUCCESS

IN 20 MINUTES A DAY

PROOFREADING, REVISING, & EDITING SKILLS SUCCESS

IN 20 MINUTES

A DAY

Brady Smith

?

NEW YORK

Copyright ? 2003 LearningExpress, LLC.

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Smith, Brady.

Proofreading, revising, and editing skills : success in 20 minutes a day /

Brady Smith.--1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-57685-466-3

1. Report writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Proofreading--Handbooks,

manuals, etc. 3. Editing--Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.

LB1047.3.S55 2003

808'.02--dc21

2002013959

Printed in the United States of America 987654321 First Edition

ISBN 1-57685-466-3

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About the Author

Brady Smith teaches English at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in the Bronx, New York. His work has been previously published in textbooks, and this is his first complete book. He would like to dedicate this book to Julie, Gillian, and Isabel, with love.

Contents

INTRODUCTION How to Use This Book

ix

PRETEST

1

LESSON 1

Understanding the Writing Process

13

LESSON 2 Writing Sentences

21

LESSON 3 Avoiding Awkward Sentences

33

LESSON 4 Creating Sentence Variety

41

LESSON 5 Shaping Paragraphs

49

LESSON 6 Using Transitions

57

LESSON 7 Establishing a Writing Style

63

LESSON 8 Turning Passive Verbs into Active Verbs

75

LESSON 9 Making Sure Subjects and Verbs Agree

83

LESSON 10 Making Sure Nouns and Pronouns Agree

91

LESSON 11 Using Modifiers

99

LESSON 12 Checking Capitalization and Spelling

109

LESSON 13 Punctuating Sentences

121

LESSON 14 Using Commas

127

LESSON 15 Using Semicolons and Colons

137

LESSON 16 Using Apostrophes in Plurals and Possessives

143

LESSON 17 Using Quotation Marks

147

LESSON 18 Using Hyphens, Dashes, and Ellipses

153

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LESSON 19 Checking for Commonly Confused Words and Clich?s

161

LESSON 20 Putting It All Together

169

POST-TEST

179

APPENDIX A Proofreading Symbols

189

APPENDIX B Additional Resources

191

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