Tag Archive for: mistake monday

MISTAKE MONDAY for December 24: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for December 17: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

I don’t know why people make this mistake. What are they thinking?

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for December 10: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

I see a couple of problems with this one.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for December 3: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

Please check your spelling.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for November 26: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

Once again, spell-checking software could have saved this writer.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for November 19: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

This is an example for which the “read out loud” approach that I describe in “Why I love Adobe Acrobat Pro for proofreading” would help.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for November 12: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

This is another mistake that spell-checking software should catch.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for November 5: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

This should have been easy for spell-checking software.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for October 29: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. I think this one should be easy to catch.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

MISTAKE MONDAY for October 22: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.

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I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.