Hello Claire,
On 30 March 2010 12:40, Claire Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had 3 different types of test so far, so it's hard: > > 1) the first one was to edit a document about a company's product. It had > been edited by someone who was a non-English speaking person. I think that > I can work on this by working on OOo reviews, but at the moment there aren't > so many texts written by people who have English as a second language. This is my category (English is my second/third language) so I will let you know when I have uploaded some new text proposals. > > 3) Traditional editing tests. You're given a hard piece of prose and told > to correct the spelling, grammar, use alternative vocabulary to describe > something in simple English keeping it as concise as possible. On the > second part of the test you're given a long piece of procedural text but it > is in the wrong order so you have to reorder it and you can also edit it to > make it read better. I think you will find that my contributions to the user guide are going to be provide you the opportunity to practice in this area. Being Italian my native language I am not quite sure I understand words such as coincise :-) Cheers, Michele --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
