Copy Edit the World pt. 1

1) Taken from my Linguistics 21: Language and Thinking.

GELO1: Distinguish between reasoning (e.g., explanation, argument) and other types of discourse (e.g., description, assertion).

GELO2: Identify, analyze, and evaluate different types of reasoning.

GELO3 Find and state crucial unstated assumptions in reasoning.

GELO4: Evaluate factual claims or statements used in reasoning and evaluate the sources of evidence for such claims.

GELO5 Demonstrate an understanding of what constitutes plagiarism.


This is a grammar mistake found on the green sheet for the class. Inconsistently missing the colon on some parts of the list is an error. Though the mistakes does not confuse its readers, the green sheet looks unprofessional.

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2)Taken from the Department of Social Science student handouts.

Freshman and Sophmore

This is a simple spelling error. Sophomore on this document is spelled wrong. Any misspellings on any document can weaken a professors credibility.

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3) Taken from a Debug magazine article titled "The Ethnic Media Awards"

For these journalists, who historically have been regulated to the margins, dismissed by the advertising world and ignored by City Hall press releases, this is the perfect time to throw a party.

The sentence which used an nonrestrictive clause failed to put the word "and" in the list of modifers. Also, the sentence itself feels cluttered.

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