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Practice 1

Proofread the following paragraph for grammatical mistakes. Make changes to improve the clarity and structure
of the sentences as well.

Comic relief is important in tragedies, readers need a little relief from all of the sadness in the story. For example, Ham-
let. Ophelia had just died. The next seen is with the gravedigger. Who is a very funny character. They dug up a skull
and makes along speech about who the skull might have belonged to. Even though its about death. The scene is funny,
it lets readers forget about the tragedy for a moment and laugh.



Proofreading for Mechanics

Mechanics refers to the standard practices for the presentation of words and sentences, including capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling. As with grammar, there are many rules for mechanics, but here we will cover the ones
that cause essay writers the most problems. See the Appendix for more thorough grammar and mechanics
resources.

Capitalization
Capitalization is necessary both for specific words and to start sentences and quotes. However, many writers over-
use it. Only six occasions require capitalization:

1. the first word of a sentence
2. proper nouns (names of people, places, and things)
3. the first word of a complete quotation, but not a partial quotation
4. the first, last, and any other important words of a



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