S pelling.

"I will read my first paragraph and check for spelling errors. I'll circle them and then check with spell check. If I can't figure out the word from the spell check, I'll try writing the word different ways to see what looks right. If that doesn't work, I'll try the dictionary.
The word belief should be spelled b-e-l-i-e-v-e. The word eatylogy should be spelled e-t-i-o-l-o-g-y. I used the wrong spellings for there. It should be t-h-e-i-r. I also used the wrong spelling for weather. It should be w-h-e-t-h-e-r. The word ditorted should be d-i-s-t-o-r-t-e-d. Tighs should be t-h-i-g-h-s. I used the wrong to. It should be t-w-o. I reversed letters in wieghed. It should be w-e-i-g-h-e-d."

I belief (BELIEVE) that there are social and psychological factors important in the eatylogy (ETIOLOGY) of Eating Disorders. Researchers have said that eating disorders from the demand on females to be thin. Forcing them to become preoccupied with there (THEIR) weight. The tremendous societal emphasis on thin being has led to an increase in the amount of eating disorders. Many Researchers have looked into weather (WHETHER) satisfaction with ones body is specific to eating disorders. It does not seem to be! Young females with eating disorders tend to display a high degree of body satisfaction. Also Many of these women have a ditorted (DISTORTED) image of the size of their waists tighs (THIGHS) and hips. A recent study of more than to (TWO) thousand women that they wanted to weigh about nine pounds less, than they actually wieghed (WEIGHED).


An incorrectly spelled word has been circled in red.
C apitalization.

"Now I'll read my paper and check for capitalization errors. The word Eating Disorder should not be capitalized. The word Researcher shouldn't be capitalized either. Same with the word Many."

I believe that there are social and psychological factors important in the etiology of Eating Disorders (eating disorders). Researchers have said that eating disorders from the demand on females to be thin. Forcing them to become preoccupied with their weight. The tremendous societal emphasis on thin being has led to an increase in the amount of eating disorders. Many Researchers (researchers) have looked into whether satisfaction with ones body is specific to eating disorders. It does not seem to be! Young females with eating disorders tend to display a high degree of body satisfaction. Also Many (many) of these women have a distorted image of the size of their waists thighs and hips. A recent study of more than two thousand women that they wanted to weigh about nine pounds less, than they actually weighed.

An example of capitalization.
O rder.

"Now I'll read my paper aloud to make sure that the words are in the correct order.I forgot the word result in the second sentence. I reversed the words thin being. I also forgot the word found in the last sentence."

I believe that there are social and psychological factors important in the etiology of eating disorders. Researchers have said that eating disorders (RESULT) from the demand on females to be thin. Forcing them to become preoccupied with their weight. The tremendous societal emphasis on thin being (BEING THIN) has led to an increase in the amount of eating disorders. Many researchers have looked into whether satisfaction with ones body is specific to eating disorders. It does not seem to be! Young females with eating disorders tend to display a high degree of body satisfaction. Also many of these women have a distorted image of the size of their waists thighs and hips. A recent study of more than two thousand women (FOUND) that they wanted to weigh about nine pounds less, than they actually weighed.

An example of word order.
P unctuation marks.

"I'll re-read my paper now to check for punctuation errors.
I forgot to put an apostrophe in the word ones. I shouldn't use an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence It does not seem to be! I should put a comma after the word After. I also need to add commas after the word waists and thighs. I need to remove the comma after the word less in the last sentence."

I believe that there are social and psychological factors important in the etiology of eating disorders. Researchers have said that eating disorders from the demand on females to be thin. Forcing them to become preoccupied with their weight. The tremendous societal emphasis on thin being has led to an increase in the amount of eating disorders. Many researchers have looked into whether satisfaction with ones (one's) body is specific to eating disorders. It does not seem to be! (. instead of !) Young females with eating disorders tend to display a high degree of body satisfaction. Also (,) many of these women have a distorted image of the size of their waists (,) thighs (,) and hips. A recent study of more than two thousand women that they wanted to weigh about nine pounds less, (remove ,) than they actually weighed.

Examples of different types of punctuation.

E xpress a complete thought.

"Now for my last re-reading. I'll read aloud to make sure that all the sentences are grammatically correct.
I found one incomplete sentence so I have to re-write it as a complete thought."

I believe that there are social and psychological factors important in the etiology of eating disorders. Researchers have said that eating disorders results from the demand on females to be thin. Forcing them to become preoccupied with their weight. (THIS FORCES THEM TO BECOME PREOCCUPIED WITH THEIR WEIGHT). The tremendous societal emphasis on being thin has led to an increase in the amount of eating disorders. Many researchers have looked into whether satisfaction with one's body is specific to eating disorders. It does not seem to be. Young females with eating disorders tend to display a high degree of body satisfaction. Also, many of these women have a distorted image of the size of their waists, thighs, and hips. A recent study of more than two thousand women that they wanted to weigh about nine pounds less than they actually weighed.

An example of a sentence diagraming a complete thought.

     

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