Free Proofreading and Editing MCQs with Answers
8 Proofreading and Editing MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
Proofreading and editing involve improving a passage by correcting spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, word choice and sentence structure. Editing also checks clarity, consistency, unnecessary repetition and faulty connections between ideas, while proofreading focuses on surface errors after the meaning and organization are already established.
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- A. Their going to submit there reports tomorrow.
- B. They're going to submit their reports tomorrow.
- C. There going to submit their reports tomorrow.
- D. They're going to submit there reports tomorrow.
Explanation: They're is the contraction of they are, their is the possessive and there indicates place, so the sentence needs the contraction first and…
Correct answer: They're going to submit their reports tomorrow.- A. Due to the fact that the patient was critical, surgery was performed immediately.
- B. Because the patient was critical, surgery was performed immediately.
- C. Owing to the fact of the patient's critical condition, immediate surgery was performed.
- D. The patient being in a critical condition, therefore surgery was performed.
Explanation: Due to the fact that is a wordy way of saying because, and concise writing prefers the single word.
Correct answer: Because the patient was critical, surgery was performed immediately.- A. return back to the ward
- B. return to the ward
- C. walk to the ward
- D. go to the ward
Explanation: Return already contains the idea of going back, so adding back repeats it.
Correct answer: return back to the ward- A. Neither of the two options are acceptable to the committee.
- B. Neither of the two options is acceptable to the committee.
- C. Neither of the two option is acceptable to the committee.
- D. Neither of the two options were acceptable to the committee.
Explanation: Neither is singular and controls the verb, so is is required, and the noun after of must be plural.
Correct answer: Neither of the two options is acceptable to the committee.- A. The committee has published it's findings.
- B. The committee has published its findings.
- C. The committee have published it's findings.
- D. The committee has published its' findings.
Explanation: Its without an apostrophe is the possessive, while it's always means it is or it has.
Correct answer: The committee has published its findings.- A. The first space traveller was Dennis Tito from the United States.
- B. The First Space Traveller was Dennis Tito, from, the United states.
- C. The first space traveller was Dennis Tito-from the United states.
- D. The first space traveller was Dennis Tito, from the United States.
Explanation: The spelling of traveller was wrong, and names are supposed to be written in Capitals.
Correct answer: The first space traveller was Dennis Tito from the United States.- A. I hope this letter will find you in good of high spirits.
- B. I hope this letter finds you in the best of your spirit.
- C. I hope letter finds you in the best of spirits.
- D. I hope the letter found in greatest of sprite.
Explanation: There are two grammatical errors in the sentence above. An object (pronoun/noun) should be used to correctly identify the entity to whom…
Correct answer: I hope this letter finds you in the best of your spirit.- A. Guliver travels was written to Swift.
- B. Guliver travels was written at Swift.
- C. Guliver's Travels was written by Swift.
- D. Gulivers' Travel was written by Swift.
Explanation: Option A and Option B are incorrect since the apostrophe + 's' ('s) is absent which is needed after the noun "Gulliver" to indicate the…
Correct answer: Guliver's Travels was written by Swift.Proofreading and Editing MCQs: common questions
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