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
vii
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
viii
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