Quiz for Copy-editors and Proofreaders
And, of course, for anyone else who wants to have a go.
The worst nightmare for a copy-editor or proofreader is to spell a name incorrectly. You may get away with the odd oversight, but a wrongly spelled name will haunt you.
Try these
The author of Persuasion:
Jane Austen
Jane Austin
Jayne Austen
Jayne Austin
The author of Middlemarch:
George Elliot
George Eliot
George Elliott
The author of The Heart of the Matter:
Grahame Greene
Graham Green
Grahame Green
Graham Greene
The author of Atonement:
Iain McEwan
Ian McEwan
Ian MacEwan
Iain MacEwen