This week in “Issues in Publication and Design” the class was given lengthy and grammatically incorrect sentences to shorten, restructure and edit. The purpose of this was to give the students practise on how to edit others work, notice grammatical and spelling errors and demonstrate that similar- sounding words can have very different meanings.
I have copied and pasted those activities, please see below. The correct word is written at the conclusion of the sentance in capitals.
Choose the correct spelling in the following sentences
1. Please let me know if (there/their) are any reports left to edit. THERE
2. Please wait (there/their) for your orders. THEIR
3. (They’re/their) efforts to address the inconsistencies went unnoticed. THEIR
4. She was the harder worker (of/off) the (to/two). OFF TO
5. The lecturer went (of/off) to teach in Dubai
6. They should (of/have) known better. HAVE
7. The exam was (to/too/two) difficult for the new students. TOO
8. The students were (to/too/two) nervous to read the questions carefully. TOO
9. She went (to/two/too) close the door and stood (too/to/two) close to the dog. TO TOO
10. Most students know when (its/it’s) time to hand up their assignments. IT'S
11. The leopard cannot change (its/it’s) spots. ITS
12. The dog knew (its/it’s) (master’s/masters) voice. ITS MASTER'S
13. The group is not hungry because (it’s/its) had (its/it’s) lunch. ITS ITS
14. We all need to (accept/except) the things we can’t change. ACCEPT
15. I give all students feedback (accept/except) the (ones/one’s) who won’t (accept/except) it. EXCEPT ONES ACCEPT
16. Can we get your (advise/advice) on how to proceed with the proposal? ADVICE
17. The manager will be able to (advice/advise) us on which strategy is best. ADVISE
18. The CEO and the general manager (compliment/complement) each other in their
approach to staff management. COMPLEMENT
19. The guests were full of (compliments/complements) for their host. COMPLIMENTS
20. He reported the incident to the head of (personal/personnel). PERSONNEL
21. I agree with you in (principal/principle). PRINCIPLE
22. The (principal/principle) feature of the building is its large staircase. PRINCIPAL
23. Do you know (where/were) we are supposed to leave our assignments. WHERE
24. This (semesters/semester’s) exams (were/where) very hard. SEMESTERS WERE
Insert the correct word in the sentence.
1. I shall complain to the head of ........................... (personnel/personal) PERSONNEL
2. I’m not ..................... to the idea. (adverse/averse) ADVERSE
3. The politician was not particularly ................. about the matter. (discrete/discreet) DISCRETE
4. He refused to pay his ................... rates. (council/counsel) COUNCIL
5. I like most vegetables, but I loathe spinach and brussel sprouts. (loath/loathe) LOATHE
6. They agreed in ............... to the suggestion. (principal/principle) PRINCIPLE
7. I will ............... your letter to the chairman. (forward/foreword) FOREWORD
8. This wine would be a wonderful ............... to any meal. (compliment/complement) COMPLEMENT
9. To mark this ............ occasion, the Queen will give a speech. (historical/historic) HISTORIC
10. It’s a .................. issue, and I will not discuss it in public. (personnel/personal) PERSONAL
11. The newspaper article included an .................. to the PM’s scandalous past. (illusion/allusion) ILLUSION
12. The ................ should be written by an expert in the field. (forward/foreword) FORWARD
13. Our project is divided into .................. parts. (discrete/discreet) DISCRETE
14. The .................. will be reworked before filming begins. (scrip/script) SCRIP
15. My music teacher told me to practise my ...................... (cords/chords) CHORDS
16. This is the .......... for my thousand shares in Telstra. (script/scrip) SCRIPT
17. These documents are of ...................... interest. (historical/historic) HISTORICAL
18. She will ................. the student before making any recommendations. (council/counsel) COUNSEL
19. It wasn’t real; it was all just an ................... (allusion/illusion) ALLUSION
20. Poor Bill had an .................. reaction to the flu injection. (averse/adverse) AVERSE
21. He paid her an unexpected .................... (compliment/complement) COMPLIMENT
22. The school ................. spoke to the parents. (principle/principal) PRINCIPAL
23. I’m .............. to give him any more money; he will just waste it. (loathe/loath) LOATH
24. The child pulled out the telephone .............. (chord/cord) CORD
Below is a paragraph the class was asked to rework. I have rewritten mine in bold beneath the initial text.
Rework the following paragraph to improve its coherence and flow
Most people are familiar with the story of the sinking of the Titanic on April 14, 1912. Few people know that the Titanic was actually one of three sister ships of the British White Star Line. The ships were all built in the shipyards of Belfast , Ireland
Although most are familiar with the story of the Titanic’s sinking on April 14, 1912, few know that it’s one of three sister ships of the British White Starline, built in Belfast , U.K.
The Olympic operated successfully from 1911 to 1935, and as it’s interior was identical to the Titanic, moviemakers and historians have studied pieces which were sold to attempt to reproduce the Titanic.
Until next time,
Goodbye
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