After you compose your message, you need to proofread. The proofreading process may take longer than the composition process. You dont want to spend a lot of time composing the message and then let poor grammar or punctuation prevent your audience from comprehending it.

Most routine documents require a light proofreading. But when proofreading longer, complex, or important documents, what are the most effective techniques to use? Check all that apply.

Read the document out loud.

Read the document at least twiceonce for word meanings, and once for grammar and mechanics.

Print a copy and set it aside to read more effectively after a break.

Proofread your own writing and dont let anyone else look at it.

Read quickly and focus on ideas, not individual words.

Read the following selection, and identify any errors.

When proofreading for grammer errors. First locate the subject of the sentence. Then, you should double-check the agreement of nouns and antecedents as well as the agreement of subject and predicate. The grammar check on the computer may be helpful, but should not replace manual proofreading.

This selection has two misspelled words, one comma splice, and one fragment.

This selection has a misspelled word, one sentence fragment, and one comma error.

This selection is correct without any revisions.

Identify the error or style problem in the following sentences.

I highly reccomend we talk about the merger at tonights meeting.

Spelling

Punctuation

Grammar

This is to inform you that I will be leaving work early today.

Redundancy

Wordy noun phrase

Long lead-in