| DEVELOPING A PROOFREADER�S EYE It is important to look for certain item when proofreading reports, letters, or other documents. Aside from spelling errors, the prooffer must check for deviations in in format, consitent use of punctuation and capitol letters, udefined acronyms and correctpage numbers listed in the Table of contents. After cheking a typed draft against the originalo manuscript one should also read the draft for aukward phrasing, syntactical errors, subject/verb agreement and and grammatical mistakes paralell structure should be used im vertical lists; for example, if one item starts with the phrase �to understand� the others should start with to plus a verb. HOW THE UNIVERSE LOOKS � AT FIRST There�s the Earth � round! Then they kept track of the days and months so that they would know when to plant their crops, when to harvest them, and when to have big wild parties. To start with, our ancestors watched the sun. No kidding. They thought the stars were on the �ceiling� of a great dome and that the Earth was flat. Piece of cake, for us! The Earth sure looks flat at first, especially when we look at a big smooth lake. Lots of ancient people had parties on the summer solstice (SOLE-stiss) � the longest day of the year. But our ancestors didn�t have that luxury. Now, we all know it�s round � we�ve seen pictures from space, for crying out loud. They had to figure it out for themselves. When our ancestors looked up at the sky at night, they assumed they were looking right at heaven. They kept track of the time of day so they knew when it would get too dark to walk around. Some people around the world still hold big solstice parties. Start with a clich� The grass is always greener� A rolling stone� A bird in the hand� No news is� It�s better to light one candle� It�s always darkest� We have nothing to fear but� If you can�t stand the heat� A penny saved is� The squeaking wheel� To err is human. To� I think, there I� Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry� Early to bed and early to rise makes� There is nothing new under the� Don�t count your chickens� |