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Proofreading, style, grammar tips and errors

  • 1.  Proofreading, style, grammar tips and errors

    Posted 03-29-1999 22:38
    Douglas Max wrote:

    > Dear Colleague,
    >
    > Communication skills are fundamental to your success (not that you
    > didn't know),

    And doubly so for most students!

    > and so I thought you might appreciate the free writing
    > tips we've just published on our website: http://LRcom.com
    >
    > [snip]
    > My disclaimer: try as we might to be perfect, we always end up being
    > human. If you do find any errors (I pray you won't), or have any
    > suggestions to incorporate in our next editions, please let me know.

    Doug, and all,

    Continuous Improvmeent focuses less on the individual error, than on
    what you make of it and its cousins. So you (and we) should glory in
    the people who read closely enough to find the errors! then monitor how
    quickily you can detect and correct them! I once gave points to those
    student who found text errors, but here weren't enough to keep the game
    going.

    Do you discuss visual communication - via graphs, etc.?
    Jay
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