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PROOFREADING

IMPROPER CAPITALISATION Before the content is sent to the printer for printing

Most people capitalise the first letter of each word it should be proofread multiple times. The service of
in the year which is not correct . The correct way a person with a sound knowledge of English
is ‘Two thousand seventeen’ not ‘Two Thousand Grammar should be utilised. The proof should be
Seventeen’ or when it comes to attire, it should checked multiple times.
only be the first word that gets capitalized—'Black DICTIONARY
coat' and not ‘Black Coat’.
Proper use of the thesaurus is essential to avoid
basic grammar mistakes. Nowadays there are
INCORRECT ABBREVIATIONS online and offline dictionaries. There are inbuilt

dictionaries that take care of the spellings and
Some people tend to use abbreviations
grammar. A lot of grammar checking software is
improperly. Let’s take the abbreviation RSVP.
available, making it easy for writing without
Adding ‘please’ before requesting an RSVP will look
grammatical errors.
improper and weird because ‘RSVP’ is the
abbreviation for répondez s’il Vous plaît which BASIC GRAMMAR SKILLS
simply means ‘please respond’. Additionally, the
Learning basic English grammar is something that
name of any house of worship should be written
will help to avoid basic grammar mistakes. There
out completely. For example, it should be Saint
are courses and books scattered throughout the
Matthew’s Church instead of St. Matthew’s
market for people who want to learn English
Church. These things must be checked well before
Grammar.
the invitation goes for printing.
If we take into consideration the importance of
HOW TO AVOID Grammar and make a little effort by using the COURTESY : ANANTMAYA DESIGN
above ways then it will be possible for us to render
GRAMMAR MISTAKES our invites free of grammatical mistakes.

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