Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Copyediting Exercise

Complete the COPYEDIT the following passage, using copyediting marks off-side (left or right); I’ve done the first two paragraphs for you. [NB: This is an exercise to practice for the test.]
You need to look for the following:
Capitalization / Lower Case
Italicization / Roman
Boldface
Move flush left
Paragraph indent
Follow-on Paragraph
Insert space /Closeup space
Deletions of words, letters or punctuation
Insertions of words, letters or punctuation
Transpositions (words and or letters in the wrong order)

Powerful Avatar Stuns the Eye seduces the Heart
Even if it had a crappy story shallow characters and lame dialogeu, James Camerons 3-D spectacle Avatar would earn a big wow solely on the strength of its aweinducing visuals.
As it turns out avatar which opens Friday, is a damn good movie, period.
Building on a solid foundatin of strong performances Cameron and his team have cut from whole digital cloth a detailed exquisitely world at once familiar and gorgously exotic.
The adventure takes place entirly on the distant orb known as Pandora, an exotic alien world squarely sitting in the cross-hairs of earthlings military-industrial complex. This is where humans clash with the Na’vi: 10-foot-tall blue creatures that enjoy a special bond with their World
Every few minute Cameron unveils another vista, beast, some new flower or dinosaur-bird or airborne jellyfish designed to stun the senses and celebrate natures shere fecundity. Like the Discovery Channel on acid, Avatar’s wildlife produces sensations of wonder awe and delight.
Throw in a few knife-wielding robots, fierce fight scenes, vertigo-inducing aerial chases amid Pandora’s floating forest islands and you’ve got a pg thirteen movie that satisfise even the most jaundiced moviegoers apetite for Sci-Fi eye candy.

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