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[[Image:Gabriel Metsu - Man Writing a Letter.JPG|thumb|right|250px|''Man writing a letter'' (1662–65), oil on canvas, by Flemish painter [[Gabriel Metsu]]; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin]]This is a set of exercises in which you are presented with a portion of faulty text. This may be due to issues of grammar, logic, cohesion, tone, choice of words, or redundant wording. In some cases, there are breaches of Wikipedia's [[Manual of Style|Manual of style]].

*#First, read the text carefully and try to determine where and how it can be improved.

*#Click on <font color=darkblue>[Show]</font> at the right below this to discover ''where''what the textissues isare. Re-read the faulty text to see if that helps you to identify the problems.

*#Click on <font color=darkblue>[Show]</font> on the right below this to discover generally''where'' howthe problems are in the text; armed with the ''what'' and the ''where'' may help you to solve the issues, if you haven't already isdone faultyso.

*#Click on <font color=darkblue>[Show]</font> to display our suggested solution, with explanations.

The examples are all taken from featured article candidates.