Grammar and Language Workbook

Unit 14, Composition 311

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Composition

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Lesson 104

The Writing Process: Editing

After you have made a clean copy of your revised draft, you should proofread it

for errors in spelling, grammar, usage, and mechanics. Check for correct subject-

verb agreement, correct verb tenses, and clear pronoun references. Also check for

run-on sentences and sentence fragments. Use the following proofreading marks

to make corrections. If you replace words or phrases, draw a line through them

and write the new words just above them.

MEANING EXAMPLE

insert one a a time

delete thee

insert space bluewhale

close up space bee hive

capitalize dear sir:

make lowercase Mother

check spelling ordnary

switch order you do

new paragraph... game ended. Afterward...

Exercise 1 Edit each sentence for correct spelling, grammar, usage, and mechanics.

What did you do tomorrow?

1.To a botanist, a tomato are a fruit.

2.You, to, can learn Japanese calligraphy.

3.The boy holding the white persian cat is my brother.

4.Nathaniel Jacob and play in the YMCA Basketball League.

5.I didn’t care for the television show, so I altered the channel.

6.My best friend be Troy.

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