Mistake-Free Grammar & Proofreading

Seminar: ID# 1003617

Agenda

• How to increase your proofreading speed — without sacrificing accuracy
• Are you an editor or a proofreader? How to determine which skill your job really requires
• Proofreading marks: learn what they are and practice using them
• How to correct writing without changing the meaning
• Secrets for overcoming monotony and staying alert when proofreading
• How to create distance from your work so you can catch your own errors

• A review of basic grammar rules
• How to fix run-on sentences
• The rules of subject-verb agreement
• How to avoid sexist language
• Who vs. whom; me vs. myself — never be confused again!

• The 6 most frequently missed rules for using commas
• How to use semicolons to improve the flow of your sentences
• How and when to use colons
• When you should use quotation marks — and when you shouldn't (By the way, does the period go inside or outside the quotation marks?)
• Dashes and parentheses (Did you know they are opposites?)

• When to use further/farther, affect/effect, continual/continuous. and other frequently misused words
• 150 commonly misspelled words (a take-home list you'll use often!)
• Capitalization rules
• When to use numbers and when to use words (50 or fifty?)
• A final quiz that will show how much more skilled and confident you are!