Why should have other people read important documents, emails, or articles before you submit or publish them?

We can't trust our eyes to catch all of our errors.

When you have mastered the top 20% of the most common language errors, you've…

Mastered 80% of the problems you're likely to encounter.

Poor capitalization, punctuation, spelling say that you look at details. All of these rules with your writing, EXCEPT:

Use oral communication as to minimize the chance of a mistake.

The skill of knowing your "syntax" means:

Knowing how to adjust your language to different settings

What does it mean to "use context clues" to understand the meaning of a word?

Use the other words in the sentence to determine the meaning of the word.

How can you build your language skills with ease?

Play popular brain games designed to build language skills.

A "figure of speech" is…

a group of words that do not mean what they literally represent.

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Why should have other people read important documents, emails, or articles before you submit or publish them?
It gives people around you an opportunity to see your writing talents.
It reduces the risk of duplicate communications within an organization.
We can't trust our eyes to catch all of our errors.
Having other people read your work promotes the sharing of new ideas.
2
When you have mastered the top 20% of the most common language errors, you've…
Mastered 80% of the problems you're likely to encounter.
Mastered the "Auckley Complex Standard."
Actually learned 80% of all language errors.
Only learned a small fraction of what you need to know to be successful.
3
Poor capitalization, punctuation, spelling say that you look at details. All of these rules with your writing, EXCEPT:
Have other people read important documents, before you submit or them.
Master the "Most Common Language Errors"
Always reread emails and use spell-check and grammar-check.
Use oral communication as to minimize the chance of a mistake.
4
When people encounter a language question or challenge in the real world, they:
Use reference tools.
Avoid written communication.
Ask the teacher.
Ignore it
5
The skill of knowing your "syntax" means:
You are a strong reader.
Knowing how to adjust your language to different settings
You find people come to you for proofreading.
You've mastered nearly all of the grammar rules of the English language.
6
If you don't know a word, "take it apart" to... All of the following are examples of parts of a word, EXCEPT:
prefix
synonym
suffix
root
7
What does it mean to "use context clues" to understand the meaning of a word?
Use the other words in the sentence to determine the meaning of the word.
Incorporate software to analyze the meaning of the word.
Search contextclues.com for the meaning of the word.
Ask other people the right questions to get to the meaning of the word
8
How can you build your language skills with ease?
Read the dictionary from cover-to-cover.
Study classic literature.
Regularly study a thesaurus.
Play popular brain games designed to build language skills.
9
When you come to a word you don't know, you can do all of the following, EXCEPT:
Use context clues.
Look up the meaning of the word.
Take the word apart.
Make up your own meaning
10
A "figure of speech" is…
the numerical equivalent of a word.
a person with strong speaking skills.
a model to help describe the meaning of a word.
a group of words that do not mean what they literally represent.

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