Powerful proofreading skills : tips, techniques and tactics

Powerful proofreading skills : tips, techniques and tactics / Debra A. Smith [and] Helen R. Sutton.

This proofreading reference is designed to give you the knowledge and skills necessary to produce error-free copy in written correspondence and documents. Accuracy in today's office documents--memos, letters, reports, and proposals--is critical because it reflects an organization's commitm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Smith, Debra, 1952-, Sutton, Helen (Author)
Other Authors: Mapson, Ralph (Illustrator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Menlo Park, Calif. : Crisp Publications, Inc., 1994.
Series:Fifty-Minute series.
Subjects:
Proofreading.
Proofreading
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Proofreader's pretest
  • Section I. Proofreading for error-free copy ; What is proofreading
  • Setting the stage
  • Getting started
  • Achieving error-free documents
  • Proofreading numbers and names
  • Incorporating proofreaders' marks
  • How to give proofreading feedback to others
  • Section II. Proofreading for accuracy ; Know you grammar terms
  • Proofreading for grammatical errors
  • Proofreading for punctuation errors
  • Proofreading for spelling errors
  • Proofreading for usage errors
  • Proofreading for capitalization errors
  • Proofreading for number errors
  • Section III. Summary ; Proofreader's post test
  • Create your own proofreader's library
  • Section IV. Exercise answers.

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