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Name_Liliaine Nunes _

Date__2022-10-06__

Advanced Sentence Correction 1

Directions:

Correct the errors in the following sentences. One sentence does not have

any errors.

Example:

Tomorro we will be goin to Toms birthday party.

Tomorrow, we will be going to Tom’s

birthday party.

1. Jim Rosarios husband is a nice man.

Jim Rosario's husband is a nice man.

2. What time we gonna go to the mall?

3. My friends house is big red and expensive.

My friend's house is big, red and expensive.

4. She looked at him and said “I will be back in five minutes!

She looked at him and said: I will be back in five minutes!

5. The old car doesn’t need to be fixed.

The old car don't need to be fixed.

6. What time it is?

What time is it?

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1- organizing / conference / planning / begging / annual
2- organizing
3- After workload use comma not a period.
4-Add a coma at ( Our goal is capture as many new prospects as possible, we need to recapture los ...)
5- If us could get together for the next week, we can begging planning the agenda and dividing the workload.

6-successful
7-last minute
8- let me know which dates fit your schedule, and I ...
9-september 13 is am not pm.

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General Writing

Write with good control of simple grammar, spelling and punctuation

Write with adequate control of complex structures

General Reading

Understand a range of moderately complex reading materials when the vocabulary includes a range of concrete, abstract or specialized terms, and idiomatic language

Following instructions with up to about 13 steps or 5-10 paragraphs for tasks that may be specialized or technical.

Interpret and use information in charts, diagrams, tables, graphs and flow charts.

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My hope is that this lesson will help everyone become familiar with common proofreading marks.  I also hope that this lesson will show you the importance of the editing process when writing. This lesson will provide you with the opportunity to learn how to edit, not only your work but also a classmate's work.

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When you are finished, post your final answer to Part I in the forum on Avenue for everyone to read.  Please make sure it is something you are comfortable sharing. We will review Part II during F2F class time.

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Review the chart of standard proofreading marks and their meaning.

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Below is an example of a business memo that contains several writing errors.

Your Task:  Use the Proofreading Marks Chart and the Worksheet Instruction as guides to correct the errors in the letter.  When you're finished, please don't forget to post your work in the Forum (provided on Avenue).

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To:       Maggie Maloney
Bob Arthur
Evan Sharp
From:  Mark Swierszcz
Date:  September 8, 2022
Re:      Planning for Upcoming Sales Conference
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Its time to start orginizing the anual sales confrence again.  If the for of us could get together next week we can begin planing the agenda and dividing the workload. Because we also need to go over some new strategies. Our goal is to capture as many new prospects as possible we need to recapture lost revenue during the pandemic.

By starting in advance, I'm sure that the advent will be very sucessful and no one will end up handling a lot of last-minute details.

The following is a list of proposed dates and times for us to meet, let me know which dates fit your schedule and I will set up a meeting convenient for everyone.

September 13: 9:00–11:30 p.m.

September 14: 1:30–4:00 p.m.

September 15: 8:00–10:30 a.m.

Please get back to me by Friday.
Much appreciated, Mark

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Paragraph one:

1. Find five misspelled words and correct them.

2. Find one word that is misspelled because it is incorrectly used (error in word usage).

3. Find one punctuation error and correct it.

4. Find one run-on sentence and correct it.

5. Find one sentence fragment (incomplete sentence) and
correct it.

Paragraph two:

6. Find one misspelled word and correct it.

7. Find one word that is misspelled because of an error in
word usage and correct it.

Paragraph three:

8. Find one run-on sentence and correct it.

9.  Find one mistake in the proposed meeting dates.

When you have finished editing the paragraph, complete the worksheet below.   Post your answers to Part I in the Forum.