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Proofreading: Editing Practice (Exercise F)

     See if you can locate and correct the ten sentence-skills
mistakes in the following passage.  The mistakes are listed in
the box below.  As you locate mistakes, place checks in the
spaces provided.

2 sentence fragments ____  ____    1 missing comma between two
2 run-ons ____  ____                   complete thoughts ____
1 mistake in pronoun point of      1 missing comma between items
  view ____                          in a series ____     
1 apostrophe mistake ____          1 missing quotation mark ____  
1 misspelled word ____



My Ideal Date

     Here are the ingredients for my ideal date, first of all, I
would want to look as stunning as possible.  I would be dressed
in a black velvet jumpsuit.  That would fit me like a layer of
paint.  My acessories would include a pair of red satin spike
heels a diamond hair clip, and a full-length black mink coat.  My
boyfriend, Tony, would wear a sharply tailored black tuxedo, a
white silk shirt, and a red bow tie.  The tux would emphasize
Tony's broad shoulders and narrow waist, and you would see his
chest muscles under the smooth shirt fabric.  Tony would pull up
to my house in a long, shiny limousine, then the driver would
take us to the most exclusive and glittery nightclub in
Manhattan.  All eyes would be on us as we entered and
photographers would rush up to take our picture for People
magazine.  As we danced on the lighted floor of the club,
everyone would step aside to watch us perform our moves.  After
several bottles of champagne, Tony and I would head for the top
floor of the World Trade Center.  As we gazed out over the
lights' of the city, Tony would hand me a small velvet box
containing a fifty-carat ruby engagement ring.  And ask me to
marry him.  I would thank Tony for a lovely evening and tell him
gently, "Tony, I don't plan to marry until I'm thirty.
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