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Thread #86553   Message #1610380
Posted By: JudyB
21-Nov-05 - 01:41 PM
Thread Name: BS: Proofreading Help Needed ASAP
Subject: RE: BS: Proofreading Help Needed ASAP
Susan -

Here's what I found in BOAT & BLITZ:

BOAT para 3 - Dad when with them - second word should be went

BOAT - paras 5 & 6 don't have a space between them

BOAT - para 10 - "Can I open it now Dad?" - comma before Dad

BOAT - para 11 - to vive me such a wonderful gift - second word should be give

BOAT - last para - Under Dad's tutelage I seen became adept - 5th word should be soon

BLITZ - para 13 - street was covered with rubble, and grey dust - semicolon before and

BLITZ - para 17 - street, and with great confusion, tried - either comma before with or no comma after confusion

BLITZ - para 20 - Thus a large number of children fond - last word should be found

BLITZ - para beginning David was gullible - He was the one who at our urging, went - either comma after who or no comma after urging

BLITZ - para beginning Doreen was beautiful - When Alan and me selected team members - should be when Alan and I unless it's intended to be colloquial

BLITZ - para beginning Jean - described the "facts of life (which I didn't fully believe) - needs a close quote after life

BLITZ - 6th para after *** - see if Mr. Young has any liver."(which was considered not part of our meat ration). - possibly better without the period after liver

BLITZ - 7th para after *** - served out local families - second word should be our

BLITZ - 11th para after *** - unnecessary return after he said and quick0-like has a zero instead of an O

BLITZ - 13th para after *** - bomber-out houses used my many - first word should be bombed and next to last should be by

BLITZ - 13th para after *** - had used to be - better as either used to be or had been

BLITZ - 3rd para after 2nd *** - lifetimes; so in the spring - should be a comma, not a semicolon

BLITZ - 3rd para after 2nd *** - doodle bug-- an errant V1 - hyphen different than others