Business communication building critical skill 3rd by locker module 14

PPT PPT Module Module 14 14 Editing Editingfor for Grammar Grammar and andPunctuation Punctuation McGraw-Hill/Irwin ©2007, The McGraw-Hill Companies, All Rights 14-2 Editing Editing for for Grammar Grammar and and Punctuation Punctuation  To learn how to  Use standard edited English  Fix common grammatical errors  Use punctuation correctly  Mark errors as you proofread 14-3 Editing Editing for for Grammar Grammar and and Punctuation Punctuation Start by answering these questions:  What grammatical errors I need to be able to fix?  Should I put a comma every place I’d take a breath?  How can I find sentence boundaries? 14-4 Editing Editing for for Grammar Grammar and and Punctuation Punctuation Start by answering these questions:  What punctuation should I use inside sentences?  What I use when I quote sources?  How should I write numbers and dates?  How I mark errors I find in proofreading? 14-5 Six Six Common Common Grammatical Grammatical Errors Errors  Subject-Verb Agreement  Dangling Modifier  Case  Misplaced Modifier  Parallel Structure  Predication Errors 14-6 Incorrect Incorrect Examples Examples The letter arrives last week In a big, white envelope with blue letters, I thought it looked official It was from Johnson Industries Shannon and me had been waiting for the letter for a week The company sends letters like this one when hiring often Nervous, I opened it and found three things: a letter offering a job, a brochure describing company benefits, and a list of job duties in a memo I was thrilled! My employment goals would begin immediately 14-7 Correct Correct Examples Examples The letter arrived last week In a big, white envelope with blue letters, it looked official It was from Johnson Industries Shannon and I had been waiting for the letter for a week The company often sends letters like this one when hiring Nervous, I opened it and found three things: a letter offering a job, a brochure describing company benefits, and a memo listing job duties I was thrilled! Implementing my employment goals could begin immediately 14-8 Sentence Sentence Concerns Concerns  Sentence Fragments  Independent/Dependent Clauses  Sentence Punctuation 14-9 Comma Comma Concerns Concerns  Know how to use  Commas in lists  Comma splices  Run-on sentences  And remember  Commas are not breaths! 1410 Quoting Quoting Research Research Sources Sources  “Quotation Marks.”  [Square Brackets.]  Ellipses  Underlining and Italics 1411 Numbers Numbers and and Dates Dates  Spell out numbers from one to nine  Exceptions: Money & numbers in a series with at least one number 10 or greater  Use numerals for 10 and greater  Exception: Numbers at the beginning of sentences  In dates, use numbers for the day and year  ... punctuation correctly  Mark errors as you proofread 14- 3 Editing Editing for for Grammar Grammar and and Punctuation Punctuation Start by answering these questions:  What grammatical errors... I’d take a breath?  How can I find sentence boundaries? 14- 4 Editing Editing for for Grammar Grammar and and Punctuation Punctuation Start by answering these questions:  What punctuation should... proofreading? 14- 5 Six Six Common Common Grammatical Grammatical Errors Errors  Subject-Verb Agreement  Dangling Modifier  Case  Misplaced Modifier  Parallel Structure  Predication Errors 14- 6 Incorrect