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15 October 2018 • NVRA eVoice

  THIS MONTH’S FREE

 CE QUIZ

        TEST YOUR PROOFREADING SKILLS

      Some say proofreading is easy, but it involves more than finding misspelled words and detecting
punctuation errors. Professional proofreading involves checking for correct grammar and word usage too.

                        Try your hand at proofreading to see how many errors you can spot.

        PART 1: There are ten sentences. Circle the typos in each sentence.

 1.	John desparately wanted to develop a authoratative          6.	An acomplished proofreader, Jennifer corrected even
     jazz website, and the task did not phase him.                   miniscule mistakes, and before long the cite had far less
                                                                     grammatical errors.
 2.	He partnerd with Jennifer, a musician he first met in the
     mid-90’s.                                                   7.	Today, John’s and Jennifer’s website is one of the few
                                                                     jazz sites which offers comprehensive reviews.
 3.	She was a classically-trained singer who had had a
     succesful career, before damaging her vocal chords.         8.	Although the site is smaller then others, it is known for
                                                                     it’s compeling content.
 4.	Her musical interests complimented Johns, so the
     partnership seamed a natural fit.                           9.	As much as they would like to, alot of similar sites just
                                                                     can not compete.
 5.	Jennifer prooved too be a real trooper, compleating
     tasks in a lightening-fast manner without him asking       10.	Some say John and Jenifer got there just deserts.
     her, and John soon gave her free reign.

          PART 2: The following paragraph contains 10 errors.
        Use your proofreading skills to identify and correct them.

        The principle reason for the follow up meeting is to talk about how we will handle inquiries from the

        press. We are already receiving a large amount of calls from the media, and we want to insure that our

        statements compliment our print strategy. As a HIV-AIDS advocacy organization, we must discretely

        manage information and the affects of any publicity. If you receive inquiries you cannot handle, just

        foreword them to Britta or myself.

                                                                Sources:
                                                                http://courses.syntaxtraining.com/

                                                                http://webdonewrite.com/ 

Name:   To receive CE credit, please scan and email your completed CE Quiz to membership@nvra.org.
Email:                         We’ll post your credit and email acknowledgement to you.

                                Thanks!

                                       Deadline for Submission: December 31, 2018
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