Week 3

Hello, All.

The 11^th tip I would have for someone is to request that a friend or colleague read your article aloud to you.  Being your own audience can help you in so many ways. It can, most importantly, help you insure that the tone and intended meaning of your writing are coming through to the reader as you would like them to.  Hearing your own words as your reader will read them will point out to you any grammatical or punctuation errors.  Run on sentences also may cause your reader to have some difficulty in reading or understanding your writing.  In doing this, you get to be your own critic and you’ll gain a new perspective on your writing.

The three errors this week:

One grammatical error I found this week was in a small recipe book I’ve had for years.  The recipes were gathered by several people from a local church.  The recipe for a fruit tart states “the affect is a beautiful golden crust.” The author should have used effect instead.

The second error I found this week was in an assembly instruction booklet for a new Sauder brand entertainment unit my husband and I recently purchased. It states that one should “use the alans wrench to tighten bolts.”  Anyone who has ever purchased what is frequently referred to as “ready-to-assemble furniture” has come across several grammatical or spelling mistakes.  This should have been alan wrench.

Last but not least, included in the invitation for my niece's wedding was a map to fine the home where they were hosting the event.  On the map, it stated "just a little further up the road on your right." They should have used the word farther, indicating distance.