Scribd
Upload
227 views3 pages

Proofreading Exercise Answers 3

The document contains a list of 42 editing notes for a news article, including checks for consistency of names, dates, numbers, spelling errors, formatting issues, missing or unnecessary punctuation, repetition, capitalization issues, image formatting, and subheadings. Suggested edits include checking that a photo matches the named individual, correcting spelling of "affected" and "roles", adding hyphens or quotes where needed, verifying dates, numbers, and company names are consistent, correcting capitalization, punctuation and grammar.

Uploaded by

Sangeetha Kaimal
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
227 views3 pages

Proofreading Exercise Answers 3

The document contains a list of 42 editing notes for a news article, including checks for consistency of names, dates, numbers, spelling errors, formatting issues, missing or unnecessary punctuation, repetition, capitalization issues, image formatting, and subheadings. Suggested edits include checking that a photo matches the named individual, correcting spelling of "affected" and "roles", adding hyphens or quotes where needed, verifying dates, numbers, and company names are consistent, correcting capitalization, punctuation and grammar.

Uploaded by

Sangeetha Kaimal
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

1

3 4

6
7
8
9 8

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

19
20

21

22

23

24

27
25 28

29
26 30

31
37

38
42
39
40

32

33

34

35

41

36
1. Check photo and name match.

2. Unnecessary capitalisation.

3. Repetition of ‘on’.

4. Unnecessary hyphen.

5. Spelling. Should be ‘a ected’.

6. Check name. Spelled di erently below. See 10.

7. Spelling. ‘Preparation’.

8. Speech quotes needed.

9. Remove hyphen. ‘doing’.

10. Check name. Spelled di erently above. See 6.

11. Unnecessary capitalisation.

12. Spelling. ‘Roles’.

13. Full stop/Period required.

14. Check phone number and formatting.

15. Company name consistency. ‘GloboSave’ or ‘Globosave’.

16. Spelling. ‘you’re’ or ‘you are’.

17. Unnecessary capitalisation.

18. Full stop/Period.

19. Check dates.

20. Company name consistency. ‘GloboSave’ or ‘Globosave’.

21. Company name consistency. ‘GloboSave’ or ‘Globosave’.

22. Spelling. ‘Receive’.

23. $30,617.

24. Indent paragraph or run text on from previous paragraph.

25. Italics needed.

26. Repetition.

27. Spelling. ‘Pensions’.

28. Check date. Story suggests they’re from 2018.

29. Check gure. Text suggests gure is $23,313.

30. Caption required.

31. Spelling. ‘Goal’.

32. Remove extra space.

33. Subhead: ‘Streamlined processes for customers’.

34. Repetition of ‘to’.

35. Spelling. ‘Receive’.

36. Check date again.

37. Consistency. % or ‘per cent’ or ‘percent’?

38. Style. ‘Two days’.

39. Requires hyphen. ‘Five-day service level agreement’.

40. Subhead: ‘Closer ties with business’.

41. Missing text.

42. Image crop.


fi
ff
ff
ff
fi

You might also like