Proofreading Resources

Brought to you by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL).

Proofreading

• Editing and Proofreading Strategies for Revision
• Proofreading Your Paper

Nouns

• Capitals

Pronouns

• Using Pronouns
• Pronoun Case

Sentences

• Appositives
• Dangling Modifiers
• Independent and Dependent Clauses
• Parallel Structure
• Sentence Fragments
• Punctuation Patters
• Sentence Clarity

Verbs

• Active and Passive Voice
• Sequence of Tenses
• Consistent Tenses
• Verbals: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives
• Voice and Mood

Apostrophes and Quotation Marks

• Apostrophes
• Quotation Marks

Commas

• Commas After Introductions
• Commas versus Semicolons
• Proofreading for Commas
• Using Commas

Hyphens

• Using Hyphens

General Punctuation

• Overview of Punctuation

Spelling

• Spelling: Words that Sounds Alike
• Spelling: Accept versus Except
• Spelling: 'ie' versus 'ei'
• Spelling: Suffixes '-ible' versus '-able'
• Spelling: Noun Plurals

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