Qualification Tests » U.S. English Chicago Style Editing Skills Test (For Writing Professionals)
 
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U.S. English Chicago Style Editing Skills Test (For Writing Professionals)

 Syllabus of the Test
VERB AND TENSE ERRORS
GRAMMAR AND USAGE ERRORS
SENTENCE STRUCTURE ERRORS I: AGREEMENT & PARALLELISM
SENTENCE STRUCTURE ERRORS II: MODIFIERS & COMPARISONS
PUNCTUATION ERRORS
DICTION ERRORS
STYLE ERRORS
SPECIAL EDITING ISSUES

 Rules for taking the test
Duration: 40 minutes
# of Questions: 40 Multiple Choice questions.
Each question has between 1 and 8 options of which 1 or more may be correct

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