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- In order to understand how computer software can score
- your timed writings, you will need to review and understand
- a number of scoring rules. First, you should remember that
- only one error can be charged to each dictionary word. And
- just what is a word? In addition to the letters that spell
- it, for error scoring a word includes all punctuation marks
- that are directly attached to it, such as commas, quotation
- marks, and periods. Also ruled to be a part of the word is
- the blank space that follows its keying. Following the end
- of a timing all error words are indicated by a red marking.
- Thus, all the words that contain a keystroke error are
- immediately pointed out to the keyboarder. The typewriting
- practice of having to proofread the copy and circle each of
- the words possessing a misstroke is no longer employed. In
- fact, the correct form of each of the marked error words is
- provided in a column to the right of the entered copy. The
- problem with proofreading typed copy was that it required a
- large amount of class time, and a high percentage of errors
- were not located. However, proofreading, or the ability to
- locate keystroke errors, is a valuable language arts skill.
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