PRACTICE 5 : PROOF-READING

 1 Practice A

2 Practice B

Capital punishment is the most awful penalty that the state can employ. Although its use

has declined worldwide in the past 50 years, it is still practised in a significant number of

countries including China and the United States. It has strong opponents and supporters,

leading to fierce debate about its effectiveness. The supporters of capital punishments

argue that it deters criminals from doing big crimes such as murder because they know

that they risk death themselves. Although critics argue that most murders are committed

without planning and that researches show that the murder rate is not higher in countries

that don't have the death penalty. They also say that everyone should have the chance to

reform, which may be achieved by a long period of imprisonment, and that state

execution is an inhumane act. You can see that this is a subject that creates strong

feelings, and clearly, this controversy is likely to continue for many years.

3 Practice C

   -    Spelling mistake: Capitol/Capital

    -    Incorrect sentence punctuation: without planning, and that researches /without planning and that researches

    -    Incorrect verb form: That most murders is committed /That most murders are committed