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This document provides guidelines for editing documents, including numbers, spelling, capitalization, abbreviations, acronyms, grammar, and punctuation. It discusses writing out numbers, capitalizing proper nouns and sentences, using abbreviations and acronyms correctly, checking for errors in verb tense, subject-verb agreement, and articles, and using punctuation like periods and commas properly. The overall aim is to ensure correct spelling, grammar, and formatting to produce clear, accurate documents.

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Copy Reading and Headline Writing Powerpoint

This document provides guidelines for editing documents, including numbers, spelling, capitalization, abbreviations, acronyms, grammar, and punctuation. It discusses writing out numbers, capitalizing proper nouns and sentences, using abbreviations and acronyms correctly, checking for errors in verb tense, subject-verb agreement, and articles, and using punctuation like periods and commas properly. The overall aim is to ensure correct spelling, grammar, and formatting to produce clear, accurate documents.

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NUMBERS
• The numbers 1-9 are written in
words while the numbers 10
and above are written in figures
Example:
nine students
13 children
NUMBERS (Exceptions)
• Dates and Address – always
in figures
• Beginning of sentence –
always in words
• Thirteen pupils are absent.
• Events – 1st to 9th is allowed
spelling
• Look for misspelled words.
• Here in the Philippines, American
English is used, not British English
• If a word has more than one
accepted spelling, the shortest one
is preferred.
capitalization
• The first letter of the sentence is
always capitalized.
• Proper nouns (Pantangi) are
capitalized, Common nouns
(Pambalana) are not.
capitalization
• Small letters are usually used for title
or position
Example: Mrs. Cecilia Burayag, the
principal of BCIS, delivered the opening
remarks.
Capitalized titles:
Governor Oyie Umali
abbreviations
• Spell out Dep’t., gov’t and
other abbreviations
• The abbreviations Jr. and Sr.
are allowed in names
abbreviations
• A title or position of a person may be
abbreviated if it appears before the
name but not if simply used in the
sentence.
Example: Sen. Recto filed another taxation
bill yesterday.
The senator filed another taxation bill
yesterday.
acronyms
• Acronyms are usually written in
capital letters.
• Check if the letters of the
acronym are in the correct order.
Correct: DPWH
Wrong: DWPH
acronyms
• When an acronym appears for the
first time in a news story, it is
written after its meaning and it is
enclosed in parentheses.
Example: University of the
Philippines (UP)
grammar
• Check for errors in:
a.Tenses of the verb
b.Subject-verb agreement
c.Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
d.Articles (a, an, the)
grammar
• Remember: he said and not said he;
Aquino said and not said Aquino
Correct: three-day training
Wrong: three-days training
Correct: Trained for three days Wrong:
trained for three-day
punctuation
• PERIOD (.)
• It is used at the end of declarative sentences.
• It is used in abbreviations.
• Acronyms of schools, organizations and
offices do not need periods.
Example: DOH, DSWD
punctuation
• COMMA (,)
• To separate the month and day from the
year. Ex. October 10, 2019
• To separate the street, barangay, town and
province in an address
Ex. Sto. Cristo Sur, Gapan City, Nueva Ecija,
Philippines
Mga Pananda
sa Pagwawasto
ng Kopya

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