Edit Your Peers
Our writing continues to improve. But let’s eliminate these stubborn errors.
1. According to the Web site OpenSecrets.org Senator Patty Murray had raised $11,781,217. took out quotes
2. “I am for state taxes,” said Alexa Mays, junior broadcast production major. “They pay for everything from firefighters to the legislature.” maor not capitalized, period after major
3. Wes Smith, principal at Pullman High School, said the state run liquor stores have a monopoly on sales. principal not capitalized and spelled wrong.
4. Kevin Wilson, the president of the Washington Restaurant Association, said, “I’m a big fan of the initiative, it is all about the little guy trying to get bigger.” changed the order: name, title, said
5. 70 percent of the revenue would fund public education beginning November 14, 2011.
6. Last month, United States Army officials asked congress to clarify its policy on gays in the military. Capitalize Army
7. Washington state marks up hard alcohol 51.9%. lowercase state?
8. Many WSU students travel sixteen miles roundtrip to Moscow, Id., to purchase cheaper alcohol.
9. Jennifer Sessions, a Senior spanish major, posted flyers in support of I-1098. don't capitalize spanish ?
10. “I think it would have been cool to do something like that as a freshman, I know my parents would have loved it,” Bobson said.
Corrections of my corrections:
ReplyDelete1. website is one word, comma after open secrets, attribution at the end, shorten the amount to alomost 12 or 11.8, senator to Sen.
2. junior should't be capitalized.
3. attribution at the end, dash: state-run.
4. attribution at end, break up the quote.
5. November to Nov. (because you have the exact date), seventy should be written out.
6. change United States to U.S.
7. spell out percent! Don't need state unless you reference D.C.
8. round-trip, Idaho is spelled out, 16
9.Senior lowercase and Spanish IS capitalized, fliers
10.split the quote