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Chapter 9: Spelling, Capitalization, and Abbreviations

Chapter 9: Spelling, Capitalization, and Abbreviations. 3140 Technical Editing. Importance. Errors demonstrate carelessness Credibility suffers May impair reader comprehension . Spelling. Guidelines Use spell checker Use a dictionary Keep a list of frequently misspelled words

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Chapter 9: Spelling, Capitalization, and Abbreviations

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  1. Chapter 9: Spelling, Capitalization, and Abbreviations 3140 Technical Editing

  2. Importance • Errors demonstrate carelessness • Credibility suffers • May impair reader comprehension

  3. Spelling • Guidelines • Use spell checker • Use a dictionary • Keep a list of frequently misspelled words • Develop mnemonics • Principal (school official—your “pal”) • Stationery (writing paper)

  4. Spelling • Guidelines • Learn root words, prefixes, and suffixes • sub—under • mis—indicates error or wrongness • dis—indicates negation • in—not

  5. Spelling • Guidelines • Apply spelling rules • Final “e” • Final consonant (doubled with past tense or “ing” form) • web • Able/ible • Respect the limits of your knowledge • Know your weaknesses

  6. Spelling • Useful list • http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk4.html

  7. Frequently Misused Words • List 143-145 • More • http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk3.html

  8. Capitalization • First word of a sentence • Titles • People • Days, months, holidays • I • Proper nouns

  9. Capitalization • Names of specific regions • Adjectives of geographic names

  10. Abbreviations • When to use an abbreviation? • Why use an abbreviation? • How to punctuate abbreviations?

  11. Summary • Correct spelling, capitalization, and abbreviations increase the accuracy and clarity of writing. Experience with language and understanding of its rules will help editors work quickly and accurately on these aspects of a document, but good editors will also depend on dictionaries and style manuals. These resources establish conventions and aid in consistency. (Rude, 3rd ed. 151)

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