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| Preface | |
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| Proofreading for Quality Control | |
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| What Are Proofreading and Editing? | |
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| Importance of Proofreading and Editing | |
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| Proofreading Techniques | |
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| Keyboarding Errors | |
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| Keyboarding Errors of Omissions, Additions, and Misstrokes | |
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| Keyboarding Errors in Figures, Enumerations, and Dates | |
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| Transposition Errors | |
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| Rough Draft Applications | |
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| Abbreviation Errors | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Word Division Errors | |
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| Guidelines for Correct Word Division | |
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| When to Avoid Word Division | |
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| Number Expression Errors | |
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| Guidelines for Correct Numerical Expression | |
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| Basic Rules | |
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| Specific Rules | |
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| Special Rules | |
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| Format Errors | |
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| Importance of Format | |
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| Letter Format | |
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| Business Letter Styles | |
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| Letter Placement | |
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| Memorandum Format | |
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| E-Mail Format | |
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| Report Format | |
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| Grammar Errors: Sentence Structure | |
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| Importance of Correct Grammar | |
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| Parts of a Sentence | |
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| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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| Sentence Faults | |
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| Grammar Errors: Pronoun Agreement and Selection | |
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| Grammatical Accuracy | |
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| Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement | |
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| Pronoun Cases | |
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| Gender-Neutral Language | |
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| Errors in Words Often Confused | |
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| Importance of Distinguishing between Similar Words | |
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| Words Deserving Special Consideration | |
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| Punctuation Errors, Part 1 | |
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| Importance of Correct Punctuation | |
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| Terminal Punctuation | |
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| Internal Punctuation--The Comma | |
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| Using the Comma to Separate Words | |
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| Using the Comma to Separate Sentence Parts | |
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| Essential and Nonessential Elements | |
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| Punctuation Errors, Part 2 | |
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| Punctuation to Clarify | |
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| Semicolon | |
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| Colon | |
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| Apostrophe | |
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| Quotation Marks | |
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| Underscore and Italics | |
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| Dash | |
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| Parentheses | |
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| Brackets | |
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| Capitalization Errors | |
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| Functions of Capitalization | |
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| Sentences, Words, and Headings | |
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| Names of Things and Places | |
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| Additional Capitalization Rules | |
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| Editing for Content | |
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| Editing for Content | |
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| Incorrect Facts | |
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| Inconsistencies | |
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| Missing Information | |
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| Editing for Conciseness | |
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| Editing for Conciseness | |
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| Cliches and Imprecise Words | |
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| Obsolete and Redundant Expressions | |
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| Passive Voice | |
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| Editing for Clarity | |
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| Editing for Clarity | |
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| Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Parallel Construction | |
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| Simple Words | |
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| Strong Verbs | |
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| Solutions to End-of-Chapter Applications | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Index | |