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Module 1 — Effective
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Activity 8: Proofreading vs. spell checker

Look at the following passage.


Copy and paste this paragraph into an MS Word document and then run a spell check. You’ll find that the spelling and grammar checker finds only a few spelling errors. But is that all? Have another look and see if you can spot all the errors. There are at least 14 grammar and spelling errors that the automated checkers didn’t catch.

The growing importence of Information and Communication Technologies a cross the world is changing hour lifestyle, and has bean at the centre of concussions, both four socio-economic research and police-making, fore over a decade. It as led the social partners to enhance social dialogue as a means off addressing quay bargaining issues, notably the future of work and quality in the Informatoin Society. Among the 20 industrial sectors that the ILO’s Sectoral Activities Programme covers, the media and entertainment industries halve been. At the forefront of these changes along with the electronics and telecommunications industreys.

The growing importance of Information and Communication Technologies across the world is changing our lifestyle, and has been at the centre of discussions, both for socio-economic research and policy-making, for over a decade. It has led the social partners to enhance sectoral social dialogue as a means of addressing key bargaining issues, notably the future of work and quality in the Information Society. Among the 22 industrial sectors that the ILO's Sectoral Activities Programme covers, the media and entertainment industries have been at the forefront of these changes, along with the electronics and telecommunications industries.

 

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