Powerful Proofreading

1. Powerful Proofreading Designed By Elisa Paramore

2. Importance of Proofreading If a paper is not proofread carefully before it is turned in, a paper that may have deserved an “A” may instead, earn a “D” because of careless mistakes such as misspelled words, misplaced commas, either adding an “s” where one is not needed, or omitting one that is needed or because of problems with subject verb agreement.

3. Most Common Proofreading Error Found spelling- including transposition or omission grammar punctuation faulty subject /verb agreement homophone confusion spacing errors between words or letters in words omission of word (or words) from sentences

4. Most Common Homophone Mistakes A homophone is a word that sounds like another but is spelled differently and means something different Examples: using accept instead of except, advice instead of advise, affect instead of effect, cite or sight instead of site, loose instead of lose, principal instead of principle, quiet instead of quite, then instead of than, their or there instead of they’re, too or two instead of to, whether instead of weather, and whose instead of who’s