Proofreading Exercise 20
Expressing Emotions in email
Print this sheet and mark the error type (see table at left) above the mistaken word or expression. Then write the correction on the line at the right. There is one mistake in ALMOST every line.
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When computer users send email, it is sometimes dificult

to understand their mood. They therefore expressing feelings

using symbols. These symbols, or icons, is called emoticons

(emotion plus icon). For example, a colon, than a hyphen

then closing bracket [ :-) ] denotes a smiling face or that the

writer is happy. Another example is a colon following by a

hyphen then a opening bracket [:-( ] showing the writer is sad

or annoyed. Japanese use different symbols express emotions

in their email messages. For example the Japanese smiling face is

writen as an opening bracket, a dash and a closing bracket ( _ ).

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