MISTAKE MONDAY for December 3: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
Please check your spelling.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
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MISTAKE MONDAY for November 26: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
Once again, spell-checking software could have saved this writer.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for November 19: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
This is an example for which the “read out loud” approach that I describe in “Why I love Adobe Acrobat Pro for proofreading” would help.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for November 12: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
This is another mistake that spell-checking software should catch.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for November 5: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
This should have been easy for spell-checking software.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for October 29: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. I think this one should be easy to catch.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for October 22: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for October 15: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. Reading this out loud may help you spot the problems.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for October 8: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. I frequently see this problem in The Boston Globe.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for October 1: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. This example from The Wall Street Journal proves that even organizations with proofreaders make mistakes.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.