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Check it before you send it

Run one short check on names, numbers, dates and quotations before the work leaves your hands.

Starting level
Some basics
Time
15 minutes
Public lesson guide
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You will learn to

Check every name, number, date and quotation against the source that decides it, before the work leaves your hands.

Why this matters

One wrong date or misspelt organisation name is what a reader remembers, and it is also the cheapest error to have caught.

Three things to remember

  • Check names, numbers, dates and quotations one at a time.
  • Check each against the source that decides it, not a second answer.
  • Write down what you could not confirm instead of quietly removing it.

See one example

Task

A short piece for a college magazine that quotes a minister's statement.

Try the judgement yourself

Both answers respond to the task above. One of them does the job better. Which, and why?

Make something yourself

Take something you wrote with an assistant. List every name, number, date and quotation in it, and beside each write the source you will check it against.

A useful starting pointFour columns: the item, the source, the result, what is still open.

Read further

The source is optional. The complete teaching and practice are available inside AI2Bharat.

Read the primary or official source: National Portal of India