Training Your Editor's Eye -- 5
Writers and editors must develop the skill of identifying errors -- and
of identifying the kinds of places errors are most likely to occur.
This exercise provides practice in identifying errors that need to be
fixed.
Instructions:
- Find a problem in each sentence.
- On a computer: Move the cursor over it (do not click).
On a tablet: Tap on the error.
- If the text turns red, read the pop-up with our comment.
- Tap or hover over [ Answer ] to see an explanation.
- On a tablet, tapping the error a second time removes the pop-up.
Compatibility:
The pop-up comments seem to work on Safari, Firefox and Chrome. Results on Internet Explorer 7 may be erratic.
- The whole thing ended with her battered face being photographed by the police and
him
turning himself in a day later.
[ Answer ]
- Even though Dr. Lang has a
plethora
of duties, she will take the time to help students who come for advisement.
[ Answer ]
- Dorm residents developed a procedure that
enables them to prevent from
being caught.
[ Answer ]
- Prescription medication has been
affective
in dealing with depression, but counseling is often prescribed to develop better coping skills.
[ Answer ]
- Manufacturing lost 51,000 jobs while construction employment
shrunk
further by 35,000 jobs.
[ Answer ]
- Although some students may not recognize it, almost everyone registered on a site like Facebook
are
participating in social networking.
[ Answer ]
- Headline: Students have
little
options for delivery.
[ Answer ]
- Headline:
HBCU's
face financial difficulties
[ Answer ]
- The park receives a
slough
of visitors in the fall and spring, attracted by the migratory birds.
[ Answer ]
- The charter school is seeking a $2,000 donation in an effort to
prolong the elimination of
its Real Life Science Program.
[ Answer ]
- Wilson is one of the world's
most well-known
biologists.
[ Answer ]
- Rodriguez, like many Floridians,
do
not know the venomous snakes that live in the state.
[ Answer ]
- A cottonmouth warns intruders by throwing its head back and
gapping
its mouth open.
[ Answer ]
- Another threat to snakes and by far the most drastic to their decline
are
keeping them as pets.
[ Answer ]
- When walking through a wooded area, you should always
beware
of what is around you.
[ Answer ]
- For a person without a college education, prospects for a profitable career are
oblique.
[ Answer ]
- There may be instances when individuals do not want to let on that
he or she is
depressed.
[ Answer ]
- The necessary data may be
attained
from the graduate office.
[ Answer ]
- The missing property included several
desk,
filing cabinets and chairs.
[ Answer ]
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