Project 1

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Information Processing 2020

Project 1: Learning the Alphanumeric and Symbol Keys

Proofreading and Error Count

The practices and exercises you complete will encourage you to make corrections to your work. If your teacher sees the types of errors you make, he or she can make recommendations as to how to correct specific types of errors. In most exercises, you‚Äôre expected to proofread the work you type, print your work, and circle errors that were not corrected while you were typing.

An incorrect word is counted as one error, no matter how many errors are in it. A word includes the space and punctuation after it. When recording your error count, count all errors and indicate that number. The number of errors is not divided by the length of the timing. This indicates the total number of errors, not the errors per minute.

Rules for Finding Errors

Following are eight rules for finding errors, each followed by an example illustrating the error. The first line in each example is correct. Compare it with the second line, and note the errors that have been highlighted.

Rule 1: Any misstroke is an error.

Example: She fed us egg salads and Ed fed us turkey.
She fed os egg salads and Ed fed os turkey,

Rule 2: Never count more than one error per word. Even if a word has many errors in it, only one error is counted.

Example: Dad and I aim to tame the doe.
Dad mad I aim to tnae the deu.

Rule 3: The spacing and punctuation after a word are a part of that word. An error in spacing or in punctuation is counted as an error in that word.

Example: You see, he fell; he got hurt.
You see. he fell, he gothurt.

Rule 4: Each word left out of the text is counted as an error.

Example: I guess Lisa is here; Jeff said she is.
I guess Lisa here; Jeff said she is.

Rule 5: A repeated word is counted as an error.

Example: I expect to sell six tickets for the play.
I expect to sell six tickets for the the play.

Rule 6: A transposition (typing words or letters in the wrong order) counts as one error.

Examples: Please pick up some wax paper.
Please pick some up wax paper.

I guess Lisa is here; Jeff said she is.
I guess Lisa is here; Jeff siad she is.

Rule 7: A word that is not properly indented or aligned counts as one error.

Example: We gave half to him and half to her.
We gave half to him and half to her.

Rule 8: If there is an error in line spacing, it counts as an error with the sentence immediately preceding it.

Example: We took John a small gift.
He told us he liked it.
I liked it also.

We took John a small gift.

He told us he liked it.
I liked it also.