Exam 34: Putting Your Proofreading Skills to Work

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. In 1950, Edward Jones was born poor and had a tough childhood in Washington,  D.C. nevertheless, he grew up to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. He does not want his hats to be too pricey for the people whom live in his  neighborhood, so he keeps his prices reasonable.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Many researchers recently have been studying what makes people happy, one of these i s James Wallman, a British trend forecaster.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Then , he beginned thinking about an idea for his first novel.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. His father was not involved in his life, and his illiterate mother washed dishes and scrub   floors to support her three children , one of whom was disabled.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. He do manage to graduate from college, but he found himself homeless for a brief time afterward.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. He points out that we are living in the most materially rich society in history, but  many people are less happier than before.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Twenty-two thousand laborers spended twenty-three years fulfilling his wishes .

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. In 2004, the book won the Pulitzer Prize, and critics have call it a masterpiece and a book of "deep human understanding."

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Now a tourist attraction that draws 2.2 million visitor a year, the Taj Mahal (which means "Crown Palace" ) is actually a tomb.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. In 1612, he married his beloved Mumtaz Mahal who became his constant companion and  traveled with him even on his military campaigns.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Over eighteen years, she gave birth to thirteen children, but in 1630, when she was thirty-nine years old she died after delivering her fourteenth.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Mr. Bunn makes all of his headpieces to order he refuses to sell them wholesale .

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. He took a dull dead-end job summarizing business articles for low pay. Although he kept that job for 19 years. He never gave up on his literary dreams.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. When most people are ask to visualize what makes them happy , they pick experiences, not things.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. His third book, All Aunt Haggar's children , is a collection of stories that connects to  the people in his first book .

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. For ten long  year , Jones thought about his characters and the story he wanted to tell.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Experiences doesn't have to cost a lot of money to be wonderful.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. It should come as no surprise that the talented Mr. Bunn and his now-famous shop  have earn the fierce loyalty of their many fans.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Grief-stricken, her husband vowed to build the world's most greatest monument to love.