Got Mistakes?

Yes.
As the title suggests, mistakes are unavoidable, much like death and taxes. It was heartening to hear that, overall, the number of mistakes made had not increased over the years. "Wrong word" was the most frequent error and I wondered how teachers could effectively address this issue. Reliance  on word processing seemed to be the cause, but what could be an effective cure? Prevent students from writing  first drafts on word processors? Hardly feasible or practical. I know  for myself, the  best editing tool is  time. Letting a draft sit for several hours and then reading with  an editor's eye works well, but how to get young students to  adopt that habit, I have no idea.
The results under "What We Did Find" on page 799 was disappointing with respect to the lack of  papers using alternative  styles. I guess talk of alternative styles is just still  talk and not practice. (Sorry Dr. S)