Want to test your proofreading skills?

Have a look here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/writing/proofreading/quiz.shtml

This is a test that will help you see what level of proficiency you currently stand at - try not to cheat

There are 3 levels - see if you can get 100/100 for all. To be fair, they are not all that hard but some may benefit from this

Andy

 

I got 100/100 for all - most of them you only have to read half of before you see a mistake >.<

Short snippets of text are easy to analyse though.. When proof reading entire articles etc you might find you miss things a lot easier!

Chuckun

 

I know - but as I said, for some this might be useful to have a look at

 

Oh definitely, I wasn't slating your post by any means, I'm sorry if it came across that way, it wasn't intentional!

I think it's a good suggestion myself! Especially with people becoming more and more lazy with content writing!

Chuckun

 

Hehe I know and it didn't

Yeah, you only have to look around to see poor content coming 'out the wazoo'... the internet is is rife with it sadly. There doesn't seem to be the same emphasis on writing well structured content for the web yet it is totally unacceptable in a hard copy such as a book.

 

This was fun. A welcome break

Madame, can I have a few more commas please.

 

Hey, there was no mentioned of a certificate

Bet that'll come in handy the next time I'm applying for a proofreading gig.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot - you get a little certificate at the end that you can print out