Test your proofreader’s eye! Can you find the 15 proofreading errors in the Proofreading Tip Sheet below?
1. Be sure too chose the rite words.
2. Always check the spacing .
3. Punctuate, properly to perfect your message?
5. Number consecutively.
6. Do not confuse dashes—not hyphens—with parentheses (ever).
7. Place periods at the end of a sentence. and insert commas to separate two complete thoughts joined, by a conjunction.
8. Keep fonts consistent.
9. Check for mispelled words.
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