Powerful Proofreading Skills

Powerful Proofreading Skills

Author: Debra Smith

Publisher: Crisp Pub Incorporated

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9781560522591

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Ever send out an embarrassing, costly, typo-filled, business letter? Now, this practical book is here to help. Each section contains exercises and activities that strengthen your proofreading skills and eliminate errors and inaccuracies from your documents.


The Pocket Book of Proofreading

The Pocket Book of Proofreading

Author: William Critchley

Publisher: William Robert Critchley

Published: 2006-11

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0955143721

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This is a guide to freelance proofreading and copy-editing, with examples of proof correction marks and exercises with corrections supplied.


Proofreading Power: Skills & Drills

Proofreading Power: Skills & Drills

Author: Ashan R. Hampton

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-07-22

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1387954725

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Can you catch mistakes in your own writing? Can you identify and correct common writing errors? Would you like to become an effective proofreader for personal growth or profit? Before you write a book, launch a business or start a side-hustle, you must learn to produce error-free writing. "Proofreading Power: Skills & Drills" provides essential rules, guidelines and tips to quickly boost your editing prowess. Train your eye to catch mistakes in the smallest of details with practical exercises on grammar, mechanics, usage, punctuation and spelling. Try your hand at correcting everyday writing samples, such as essay responses, job descriptions, business letters, and blog articles.


50 Minute Book with Cbt

50 Minute Book with Cbt

Author: Netg

Publisher:

Published: 2006-09-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781423955580

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Ever send out an embarrassing, costly, typo-filled, business letter? Now, this practical book is here to help. Each section contains exercises and activities that strengthen your proofreading skills and eliminate errors and inaccuracies from your documents. This valuable package contains the Crisp book, plus a CD-ROM featuring highly interactive e-Learning courses with assessments, activities and simulations.


The Copyeditor's Workbook

The Copyeditor's Workbook

Author: Erika Buky

Publisher: University of California Press

Published: 2019-05-14

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 0520294351

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The Copyeditor’s Workbook—a companion to the indispensable Copyeditor’s Handbook, now in its fourth edition—offers comprehensive and practical training for both aspiring and experienced copyeditors. Exercises of increasing difficulty and length, covering a range of subjects, enable you to advance in skill and confidence. Detailed answer keys offer a grounding in editorial basics, appropriate usage choices for different contexts and audiences, and advice on communicating effectively with authors and clients. The exercises provide an extensive workout in the knowledge and skills required of contemporary editors. Features and benefits Workbook challenges editors to build their skills and to use new tools. Exercises vary and increase in difficulty and length, allowing users to advance along the way. Answer keys illustrate several techniques for marking copy, including marking PDFs and hand marking hard copy. Book includes access to online exercises available for download.


McGraw-Hill's Proofreading Handbook

McGraw-Hill's Proofreading Handbook

Author: Laura Killen Anderson

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2005-10-31

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 0071506063

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Expert advice to perfect your proofreading skills McGraw-Hill’s Proofreading Handbook helps ensure that your documents are letter-perfect, every time. Veteran editor and proofreader Laura Anderson arms you with all the tools of the proofreader’s trade and walks you step-by-step through the entire proofreading process.


The Copyeditor's Handbook

The Copyeditor's Handbook

Author: Amy Einsohn

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2005-12-07

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9780520932562

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The Copyeditor's Handbook is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft. Addressed to copyeditors in book publishing and corporate communications, this thoughtful handbook explains what copyeditors do, what they look for when they edit a manuscript, and how they develop the editorial judgment needed to make sound decisions. This revised edition reflects the most recent editions of The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.), the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.), and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.).