The Technical Side of Writing

Last issue we reached for the stars with our Star Laden anagram column, today we the nuts and bolts of writing in celebration of our focus on Technical Writing.

Test your "technical" knowledge with our grammar and mechanics test below! Correct the entries, or if they are correct, state so in your answer.

1. She leaving for the convention next week.

2. Why is Ricardo and Kate ignoring that impatient customer?

3. Webmasters like Pat puts an electronic face on an organization.

4. This is the worst food we have ever tasted; we will never eat at this restaurant again.

5. I absolutely refuse to iron therefore my cleaning bills are high.

6. This employment brochure which is done in four colors has impressed many new employees.

7. Brenda saw a large moose driving her car down State Street.

8. Everyone should do their best.

9. Mary Adams writes better letters than she.

10. We had planned to give a presentation together but we couldn’t agree on a theme.

11. According to the schedule, its time to begin the manufacturing process.

12. Your right, it’s opening sentence was bad.

Submit your answers in an email, and make sure to include your name, address, and country in your entry. Send your answers to: puzzles@writeronline.us

The winner will receive $25 of writing software and his or her name published in our next issue of Writer Online.

DEADLINE:midnight, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005

Answers to The Puzzle From Our 01/25/05 Issue

And our winner of last issue's Star Laden Anagrams Puzzle is Adrian Hoad-Reddick Elora, On, Canada.

Congratulations Adrian!! You will be receiving DreamPack, a $25 value of writer's software!

Here are the correct answers from the Star Laden Anagram Puzzle:

1. Vitae Oh Art = The Aviator

2. Jaggedness Theretofore Bide No = Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

3. Impersonations Gland Gold Goal = National Lampoon's Gold Diggers

4. Secondarily Alter = A Cinderella Story

5. Leached Lawns = Shall We Dance

6. Forged That He = The Godfather

7. 13 La Pool = Apollo 13

8. Ralph Rob Ear = Pearl Harbor

9. Folic Pup Tin = Pulp Fiction

10. Bluefin Tau Maid = A Beautiful Mind