Solution Manual for Proofreading and Editing Precision, 6th Edition

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  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0538450452
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0538450454
  • Author:   Larry G. Pagel

Proofreading and Editing Precision is a comprehensive, activity-oriented book designed to sharpen proofreading and editing skills. It provides a thorough review of the rules governing language arts and applies them in business documents. Computerized exercises are integrated to give users practice in proofreading, editing, and formatting Word 2007 documents just as they would in everyday situations.

 

Table of Content:

  1. Chapter 1: Errors! Errors! Errors!
  2. Importance of Proofreading
  3. What Is Proofreading?
  4. What Kinds of Errors Are Most Common?
  5. Where Can a Proofreader Get Help?
  6. Methods of Proofreading
  7. What’s Ahead?
  8. Chapter 2: Keyboarding Errors
  9. Spelling Errors
  10. Transposition Errors
  11. Added Copy Errors
  12. Incorrect Letters
  13. Omitted Copy Errors
  14. Numerical Errors
  15. Spelling and Word Usage
  16. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  17. Word Division
  18. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  19. Chapter 3: Proofreading and Editing on the Computer
  20. Introduction
  21. On-Screen Proofreading
  22. Information Processing Tools
  23. Communicating Online
  24. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  25. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  26. Chapter 4: Capitalization Errors
  27. Capitalization
  28. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  29. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  30. CUMULATIVE APPLICATION
  31. Chapter 5: Abbreviation Errors and Rough Drafts
  32. Abbreviations
  33. Rough Drafts
  34. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  35. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  36. CUMULATIVE EXERCISE
  37. Chapter 6: Number Expression Errors
  38. Numbers Expressed as Words
  39. Numbers Expressed as Figures
  40. Zip Codes
  41. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  42. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  43. CUMULATIVE APPLICATION
  44. Project 1: Scholarship Search
  45. Chapter 7: Subject-Verb Agreement
  46. Sentence Structure
  47. Sentence Fragments
  48. Singular and Plural Nouns
  49. Intervening Modifiers
  50. Compound Subjects
  51. Collective Nouns
  52. Indefinite Pronouns
  53. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  54. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  55. CUMULATIVE APPLICATION
  56. Chapter 8: Pronoun Problems
  57. Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement
  58. The Case of the Pronoun
  59. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  60. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  61. CUMULATIVE APPLICATION
  62. Chapter 9: Sentence Construction
  63. Sentence Elements
  64. Parallel Structure in Sentences
  65. Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
  66. Bias-Free Language
  67. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  68. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  69. CUMULATIVE APPLICATION
  70. Chapter 10: Comma Errors
  71. The Importance of Punctuation Marks
  72. The Comma
  73. Other Comma Uses
  74. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  75. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  76. CUMULATIVE APPLICATION
  77. Chapter 11: Other Punctuation Errors
  78. The Period, The Question Mark, and The Exclamation Mark
  79. The Semicolon
  80. The Colon
  81. The Apostrophe
  82. Underscoring and Italics
  83. Quotation Marks
  84. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  85. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  86. CUMULATIVE APPLICATION
  87. Chapter 12: Format Errors: Letters and Memos
  88. Format
  89. Letters
  90. Interoffice Memorandums (Memos)
  91. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  92. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  93. CUMULATIVE APPLICATION
  94. Chapter 13: Format Errors: Reports and Job Search Documents
  95. Reports
  96. Job Search Documents
  97. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  98. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  99. CUMULATIVE APPLICATION
  100. Chapter 14: Editing for Content, Clarity, and Conciseness
  101. What Is Editing?
  102. Editing for Content
  103. Editing for Clarity
  104. Editing for Conciseness
  105. PROOFREADING APPLICATIONS
  106. PROOFREADING AT THE COMPUTER
  107. CUMULATIVE APPLICATION
  108. Project 2: Investment Company
  109. PageNors Investments
  110. Appendix
  111. GUIDELINES FOR WORD DIVISION
  112. CONFUSED WORDS
  113. FREQUENTLY MISSPELLED WORDS
  114. COMMONLY MISSPELLED U.S. CITIES
  115. SPELLINGS AND ABBREVIATIONS OF STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES
  116. Index