Tag Archive for: mistake monday

MISTAKE MONDAY for Jul. 23: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. I bet this week’s mistake jumps out at you.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for Jul. 16: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. If you can’t find what’s wrong with this, then try my read-out-loud technique.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for Jul. 9: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. Hint: spell-checking software won’t help you catch this one.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for Jul. 2: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

I can see how this image might spark strong feelings. For the purpose of Mistake Monday, I’m interested in issues of style, spelling, punctuation, and the like.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for June 25: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the Mistake Monday image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading. However, I wonder if the author of this week’s item is a non-native speaker of English so this isn’t a proofreading problem. As a rusty, non-native speaker of Japanese, I sure would hate to be judged by the standards of native speakers.

MISTAKE MONDAY for June 18: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the Mistake Monday image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for June 11: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the Mistake Monday image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

Spell-checking software should have caught this week’s error.

MISTAKE MONDAY for June 4: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the Mistake Monday image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

I often recommend my “read out loud” method for finding mistakes, but that wouldn’t help you to find the error that caught my eye in this week’s Mistake Monday.

MISTAKE MONDAY for May 28: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

Hint: reading this item out loud would probably help you find the big problem.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for May 21: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

Hint: spell-checking software might not catch this one.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.