Tag Archive for: mistake monday

MISTAKE MONDAY for April 29: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

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

Sigh. I see this mistake too often.

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

MISTAKE MONDAY for April 22: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

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

This mistake made me chuckle.

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

MISTAKE MONDAY for April 15: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

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

This mistake is subtle. It took me years to absorb that this is considered a mistake by most proofreaders.

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

MISTAKE MONDAY for April 8: 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 find that you’ve made a mistake like this, you may develop a headache, too.

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

MISTAKE MONDAY for April 1: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. No, this is not an April Fool’s joke.

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

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

Can you spot what’s wrong in the 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 March 18: 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 week’s mistake is fairly easy to catch.

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

MISTAKE MONDAY for March 11: 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 should have caught these errors.


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

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

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

As you can see, I make mistakes, too. In fact, I started Mistake Monday partly to spur myself to catch more of my errors before I publish them.

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

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

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. Oops! Somebody was typing too quickly.

 

 

 

 

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