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Localrevisionsaimatrefiningthelayleiomakeyourworkmorepleasahisrequiresagreatdealofpatiendacayhavetoreviseessaysseveraltimesbeforeyoudecidethattheyaresatisfaeetalltherequirementsdefinedbyyourstructor.

1.Pr

Prmeansexaminicarefullytofindaypographiistakesingrammar,style,andspelling.Mostpeopledevoteoest,hopingtoyglarihatjumpoutfromthepage.Butaquidcurs,especiallyafteryou’vebeenwandhardonapaper,usuallymissesalot.Itisbettertoworkwithadefihathelpsyoutosearchsystematicallyforspedsoferrors.

Hereissomeadviyadvice:

·Doirelyonspellihesebeusefultoolsbuttheyarefarfromfoolproof.Spellcheckershavealimiteddiary,sosomeasmisspelledmayreallyjustheirmemory.Inaddition,spellcheckerswillnotcatchmisspellingsthatformanothervalidword.Forexample,ifyoutype“your”

insteadof“you’re”

“to”

ioo”

or“there”

iheir”

thespellche’tcatchtheerror.

·Grammarchebeevenmoreproblematic.Theseprogramsworkwithalimitednumberofrules,sotheyotidentifyeveryerrorandofteakes.Theyalsofailtogivethhexplanationstohelpyouuandwhyasentenceshouldberevised.Youmaywanttouseagrammarcheckertohelpyouideialruoo-frequehepassivevoice,butyouoevaluatethefeedbackitprovides.

·Readslowly,andreadeverywoutloud,whichforcesyoutosayeadalsoletsyouhearhowthewordssouher.Whelyortooquiayskipovererrorsormakeunsciouss.

·Circleeverypunark.Thisforcesyoutolookateae.Asyoucircle,askyourselfifthepuniscorrect.

&hepaperbackwards.Thisteiqueishelpfulfspelling.Startwiththelastwordopageandworkyourwaybacktothebeginning,readingeachwordseparately.Betent,pun,andgrammarwon’tmakeanysense,yourfocuswillbeehespellingofeachword.Youalsoreadbackwardsseeocheckgrammar;thiswillhelpyouavoidbeingdistractedbytissues.

·Ignorancemaybebliss,butitwillnotmakeyouabetterproofreader.Youwilloftenfindthingsthatdoerighttoyou,butyoumayesurewhatiswroher.Awordlookslikeitmightbemisspelled,butthespellche’tcatchit.Youthinkyouneedaabetords,butyou’renotsurewhy.Shouldyouuse“that”

insteadof“which”

?Ifyou’resomething,lookitup.

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Activity3-1:Aprpractice

Thefollowiairytofindahe

2.Revisiencesforvarietyandstyle

a.Revisiencesforvariety

&yiseasytnizeameansamixturethatisnotmonotonous.Style,oherhand,isopinpoint.Itspresenapieceisunmistakablebutnotshowy.Liketact,styleisspiitsabseleinitspresence.Apassagethatmonotohesamekiendainisnot,itisalsowithoutstyle.

&liketobegiwosentenarowwiththesameword;aliketoehaenarowwiththesameword,either.Ouraimistowriteasuofsedofromacookiecutter.Ifyoufindyourselfusiehesamekindinarow,gobaaterialahemforthesakeofvariety.

Activity3-2:gsentencesforvariety

Thefollraphreadsalittlemonotonousiyle.Couldyourevisethesesentencesforvariety?

&ryisregardedbymaliteraryartforPoetryisseennoopularforPoetryusedtobereadverywidelybythemiddleclasses.Perenjoysthatdistindtodayishardlyreadbyanyone.

Myrevisedversion:

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