Training Your Editor's Eye-01Writers and editors must develop the skill of identifying errors, and of identifying the kinds of placeserrors are most likely to occur. This exercise provides practice in identifying errors that need to befixed. Instructions: Find a problem in each sentence. 1.MercExchange will have to make due with a

royalty payment. “make due” should be “make do”2.The war could effect the election in ways that

are entirely unpredictable. Change “effect” to “affect”3.Joe said he knows their both in heaven. “their” should be “they're”4.In the days leading up to the passage of the

Civil Rights Act, it was voting and communityinvolvement that affected change.

Change “affected” to “effected”5.I could barley see because my eyes were so

swollen from crying. “barley” should be “barely”6.The National Examiner can be attributed to

helping celebrities keep themselves in thespotlight.

“attributed to” should be “credited with”7.When being interviewed, some people think

they can just say, "Off the record," and continuetalking without impunity.

“without impunity” should be “with impunity”8.The new plan doesn’t phase them at all. “phase” should be “faze” (bother, confuse)9.I wanted to use my experience as a nursing

student to help other people prevent goingthrough what I went through.

Change “prevent” to “avoid” 10.What are you eluding to? “eluding” should be “alluding”

11.The second page of the magazine's table ofcontents are divided into sections.

Change “are divided” to “is divided”

12.The article encourages readers to combatwhomever is not in agreement with their pointof view.

“whomever” should be whoever”13.As an inspiring music producer, I decided that

business management would be the better majorfor me.

Change “inspiring” to “aspiring”14.The victory goes not to the swift or the strong,

but to he who endures to the end. Change “he” to “him”15.When a celebrity comes out with a new

clothing line, thousands flee to retail stores topurchase their brand.

Change “flee” to “fly”; “their” to “his or her”;“a celebrity” to “celebrities”16.Instances like this leaves me with no other

choice but to believe that the media has a stronginfluence on Americans.

Change “leaves” to “leave”; “media have...”17.Everyone has an individual that they admire

and look to for advice. “they admire” should be “he or she admires”18.But after a while, he realized that I was there

to help him, and we started to develop arepartee.

The writer meant “rapport” not “repartee”19.[Headline] Therapy Watch: Should I See a He

or a She? Change “He or a She” to “Him or a Her”20.With so many extra things on my plate, I

totally loss focus in school. Change “loss” to “lost”

21.Montgomery went on to say thoughparticipating in extracurricular activities are

beneficial, students often allow such activities tocrowd out schoolwork.

Change “are” to “is” (participating...is)22.Students have issues like everyone else, and

those issues attribute to why many students donot graduate on time.

Change “attribute” to “contribute”23."My daddy was a big part of why I was in

college, and for him not to be here was hard forme," said Loftley as she gazes at a picture of herdeceased father.

Change “gazes” to “gazed”24.These deadly cells have took the lives of many

cancer victims as various forms of treatmenthave came and gone.

Change “took” to “taken”; “came” to “come”25.He has been dismiss from the football team as

a result of his drug use. “dismiss” should be “dismissed”26.Her excessive intake of stolen Metabolife

Ultra in concoction with dwindling foodconsumption transformed her into an anorexic.

Change “concoction” to “conjunction” 27.This is the girl whom, Cash said, started the

fight. Change “whom” to “who”28.Some children used cell phones to call their

parents, and a couple families drove over. Add “of” after “couple” (couple of families)29.After four years of intense college work, he

matriculated with a bachelor's degree. Change “matriculated” to “graduated”30.Hopkins has seen the affects of exercise on her

life. Change “affects” to “effects”

31.She felt blind sighted by the unexpecteddiagnosis.

Should be hyphen between “blind-sighted”

________________________________________31. Williams is now 25-years-old. Change “25-years-old” to “25 years old”32.Since indifference, absence, and chicken

biscuits don't equal academic success, I hadearned a less than salacious college GPA of 1.5.

“salacious” wrong word; could be “salubrious”33.As me and two friends walked the streets of

Amsterdam we saw the Anne Frank house. Change “me and two friends” to “Two friendsand I” ; add a comma after Amsterdam34.Many people gave emotional support to my

parents and I . change “I” to “me” (gave support to me)35.The injured man lay a in a deep comma. Change “comma” to “coma”36.This problem began when I was about seven-

years-old. Change “seven-years-old” to “7 years old”37.Work started every day at six-o-clock in the

morning. Change “six-o-clock in the morning” to “6a.m.”

Training Your Editor's Eye-01Writers and editors must develop the skill ofidentifying errors, and of identifying the kinds ofplaces errors are most likely to occur. Thisexercise provides practice in identifying errorsthat need to be fixed. Instructions: Find aproblem in each sentence. 1.MercExchange will have to make due with a

royalty payment. ________________________________________2.The war could effect the election in ways that

are entirely unpredictable. ________________________________________3.Joe said he knows their both in heaven. ________________________________________4.In the days leading up to the passage of the

Civil Rights Act, it was voting and communityinvolvement that affected change.

________________________________________5.I could barley see because my eyes were so

swollen from crying. ________________________________________6.The National Examiner can be attributed to

helping celebrities keep themselves in thespotlight.

________________________________________7.When being interviewed, some people think

they can just say, "Off the record," and continuetalking without impunity.

________________________________________8.The new plan doesn’t phase them at all. ________________________________________9.I wanted to use my experience as a nursing

student to help other people prevent goingthrough what I went through.

________________________________________10.What are you eluding to?

11.The second page of the magazine's table of

contents are divided into sections. ________________________________________12.The article encourages readers to combat

whomever is not in agreement with their pointof view.

________________________________________13.As an inspiring music producer, I decided that

business management would be the better majorfor me.

________________________________________14.The victory goes not to the swift or the strong,

but to he who endures to the end. ________________________________________15.When a celebrity comes out with a new

clothing line, thousands flee to retail stores topurchase their brand.

________________________________________16.Instances like this leaves me with no other

choice but to believe that the media has a stronginfluence on Americans.

________________________________________17.Everyone has an individual that they admire

and look to for advice. ________________________________________18.But after a while, he realized that I was there

to help him, and we started to develop arepartee.

________________________________________19.[Headline] Therapy Watch: Should I See a He

or a She? ________________________________________20.With so many extra things on my plate, I

totally loss focus in school. ________________________________________

21.Montgomery went on to say thoughparticipating in extracurricular activities arebeneficial, students often allow such activities tocrowd out schoolwork.

________________________________________22.Students have issues like everyone else, and

those issues attribute to why many students donot graduate on time.

________________________________________23."My daddy was a big part of why I was in

college, and for him not to be here was hard forme," said Loftley as she gazes at a picture of herdeceased father.

________________________________________24.These deadly cells have took the lives of many

cancer victims as various forms of treatmenthave came and gone.

________________________________________25.He has been dismiss from the football team as

a result of his drug use. ________________________________________26.Her excessive intake of stolen Metabolife

Ultra in concoction with dwindling foodconsumption transformed her into an anorexic.

________________________________________27.This is the girl whom, Cash said, started the

fight. ________________________________________28.Some children used cell phones to call their

parents, and a couple families drove over. ________________________________________29.After four years of intense college work, he

matriculated with a bachelor's degree. ________________________________________

30.Hopkins has seen the affects of exercise on herlife.

________________________________________

31.She felt blind sighted by the unexpecteddiagnosis. _______________________________________

32.Williams is now 25-years-old. ________________________________________33.Since indifference, absence, and chicken

biscuits don't equal academic success, I hadearned a less than salacious college GPA of 1.5.

________________________________________34.As me and two friends walked the streets of

Amsterdam we saw the Anne Frank house. ________________________________________35.Many people gave emotional support to my

parents and I . ________________________________________36.The injured man lay a in a deep comma. ________________________________________37.This problem began when I was about seven-

years-old. ________________________________________38.Work started every day at six-o-clock in the

morning. ________________________________________