Pig Perfect Proofreaders 1
How much of a perfectionist are you? Can you sniff out grammatical and spelling errors the way pigs find truffles? For our first instalment of Pig Perfect Proofreaders I thought we'd take a suitably autumnal theme.
See how many errors you can spot - and email me your answers by Friday 13 November. The best response will win a mention on this blog and a link for the website of your choice. I would also love to hear about your favourite techniques for accurate proofreading. It's not easy and you may have some interesting methods I could distribute to other readers of these pages. Read carefully, and good luck:
Winter Whether
"It was a dark, stormy night. The howling wind's whipped around the cottage, making every beam creek and shiver. Curled up inside, though, my father and I were as snug as mice. We'd arrived at the cottage that afternoon, and would be staying just for two nights' before continueing our journey to Scotland.
"Fancy some cocoa, Dad? The kettles just boiled."
"Great - I don't suppose theres any chance of some toast, too?"
I rustled around the little kitchen, whipping up hot butered toast and cocoa in no time at all. I brought our supper in on a tray Id found, and placed it on the table.
"Here we go, Dad - come and get it."
I was greated with silence, however. The sofa was empty - and of my father, there was no sign.
"Dad? Are you upstair's?"
Silence. I peered out of the window - perhaps he'd popped outside for more firewood? But no - not a wisper from my father.
"Im sure he'll be back in a minute", I said to myself. I'll just pour a cup of cocoa - and wait."
Spooky - I wonder where her father went. Come back next week to find out more... and to find out who the eagle-eyed perfectionist is that won this week's prize!
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Here’s everything I could find.
How much of a perfectionist are you? Can you sniff out grammatical and spelling errors the way pigs find truffles? For our first installment of Pig Perfect Proofreaders, I thought I’d take a suitably autumnal theme.
See how many errors you can spot, and e-mail me your answers by Friday, November 13. The best response will win a mention on this blog and a link for the website of your choice. I would also love to hear about your favorite techniques for accurate proofreading. It’s not easy, and you may have some interesting methods I could distribute to other readers of these pages. Read carefully, and I wish you good luck.
Winter Weather
It was a dark, stormy night. The howling winds whipped around the cottage, making every beam creek and shiver. My father and I were curled up inside though, as snug as mice in a crawl space. We’d arrived at the cottage that afternoon, and would be staying for just two nights, before continuing our journey to Scotland.
“Fancy some cocoa Dad?” I shouted, “the kettle’s just boiled.”
He responded: “Great, I don’t suppose there’s any chance of some toast, too?” I rustled around in the little kitchen, and in no time at all, I was whipping up hot, buttered toast, and cocoa. I brought our supper in on a tray that I’d found, and placed it on the table.
“Here we go, Dad,” I said. “Come and get it.” However, I was greeted with silence. The sofa was empty, and there was no sign of my father.
I shouted, “Dad, are you upstairs?” Silence. I peered out of the window. Perhaps he’d popped outside for more firewood? But not a whisper from my father could be heard. I’m sure he’ll be back in a minute, I said to myself. I’ll just pour a cup of cocoa and wait.
Spooky. I wonder where her father went? Come back next week to find out more, and to find out who was the eagle-eyed perfectionist that won this week’s prize!
Oh - and by the way - how is it an autumnal theme, if you used a story about winter?
By Terri on 2009 11 06
no apostrophe in wind’s
semi colon after cottage
creak not creek
no comma after inside
no comma before and (unless you are an oxford grammarian!)
no apostrophe after nights
continuing not continueing
no comma after cocoa
apostrophe after the e and before the s in kettles
apostrophe after e in theres and before the s
no comma after toast
buttered rather than butered( unless someone has hit your toast in the but)
an apostrophe after i and before d
no comma before and
no hyphen but a full stop after Dad or a semi colon
greeted not greated
no comma after silence and better if its reads However, I was greeted with silence
and there was no sign of my father rather than split sentence
Only one questionmark after upstairs and not after dad
Full stop after windowand capital P in perhaps
comma rather than hyphen after But no
an apostrophe after I and before m I’m sure
quotation markes before I’ll just pour ...and no hyphen between cocoa and and
By Marie Taylor on 2009 11 11
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Winter weather
It was a dark and stormy night. The howling winds whipped around the cottage, making every beam creek. Though shiver, my father and I curled inside as snug as mice. We had arrived at the cottage during afternoon and would be staying for just two nights before continuing our journey to Scoltand.
“Fancy, some cocoa? “
“Dad, the kettle just boiled.”
“Great! I wonder there is any chance of some toast too?”
I rustled around the little kitchen, whipping up hot buttered toast and cocoa. I no time, I brought our supper on a tray I had found, and placed it on the table.
“Here we go! Dad; come and have it.”
However, I was greeted with silence. The sofa was empty and there was no sign of my father.
“Dad, are you upstairs?”
Silence. I peeped out of the window. Perhaps, he had hopped outside for more firewood. But no, not a whisper from my father.
“I’m sure he will be back in a minute,” I said myself. I just poured a cup of cocoa and waited.
By Julie Jose on 2010 06 03