Proofreading Your Assignments

 

The following skills will teach thou to proofread thy assignments. It will make the paper free of any errors.

Before you begin your assignment, use these steps to check each sentence.

 

• Check to be sure each sentence makes SENSE
• Check the CAPITALS
• Check the PUNCTUATION
• Check the SPELLING

If you don't know how to to spell a word,

• look in the textbook
• look in the assignment
• look in the glossary

If you can't find the correct spelling, underline the word.

 

When you finish proofreading,

• ask someone how to spell the word

  • or

• look up the word in the dictionary

 

If you still can't spell the word, use a different word.

 

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