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Topic: Edit Test?
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| Isola | Posted – 2/26/2007 1:16:05 PM | show profile I was told I will be taking an editing test for an EA position at a small book publisher. Does anyone have any insight into what type of test this well be, ie a copy-editing test or something more general? Thank you |
| digachica | Posted – 2/26/2007 3:48:48 PM | show profile re: Edit Test? Likely copy editing and/or proofreading. That was the case at the large book publisher I worked for. |
| writesonwater | Posted – 2/26/2007 4:07:53 PM | show profile | email poster In the past, I've taken ones that covered grammar, spelling and usage. Might brush up with Chicago Manual of Style, on everything from how dates look (Feb. or February), numbers (2, two, second, 2nd, 22nd, etc.) to contractions, capitalizations, all those kinds of things -- often there's a piece or two to edit, and then sometimes a spelling test, too. Oh, yeah -- it's pompon -- the things cheerleaders wave. Who knew? Take your time, and go over it well before handing it in. Good luck! |
| flourgirlm | Posted – 2/27/2007 1:13:00 AM | show profile test Cemetery; supersede; millennium; embarrass. Those were the words I was most recently given on a test. You can Google editing test and some samples will come up. There were also some grammar questions and some sentences to punctuate. GOod luck!! |
| Isola | Posted – 2/27/2007 1:05:11 PM | show profile Great, that was helpful information. As I look at the sample editing tests and the provided answers I wonder how I am supposed to know what the mistaken sentence INTENDS to say - for example, a sample sentence : He wanted to know if the criteria is valid. My answer: He wanted to know whether the criteria were valid. The correct answer provided by the test: He wanted to know whether the criterium was valid. If this was a real test, would my answer be considered incorrect? How would I know that the sentence should be singular as "is" indicates rather than plural as "criteria" indicates? I've never taken an edit test, so maybe there is a rule of thumb here? |
