subject: Proofreading Tips For Future Proofreading Experts [print this page] If you have just finished writing an important document, whether it is a casual message, an extremely important business letter or even content for your landing page on your web site, it is essential that you proofread your content before you send out the message or the letter. How many times have deserving candidates been rejected because they did not proofread their applications, sending off a message saying With this letter I am, in fact, attacking an article which I have written. After the prospective employer stops laughing, he will not be amused. That is because he will consider the prospective employee to be someone less than meticulous. In fact, the writer appears careless because he took this important job application letter quite casually. This type of writer scores negative marks for not proofreading the application letter before sending it.
Some of the common sense aspects of proofreading include meticulously checking the spelling and grammar in the document after it has been written. Many people still make mistakes such as confusing your and youre. So how many times have you seen letters starting with I have received youre letter
Here are some easy book editing tips and web content editing tips commonly given to editors. Do not change the original content of the writer, unless what is written is just airy persiflage added to give verisimilitude to an otherwise bland narrative. If you get a sentence like this in a manuscript, you could change it into something easier to read like "lighthearted statements added to a narrative that was otherwise rather insipid." But some editors are under the impression that the writing can be improved by adding their own power to the already written narrative.
Now, just imagine that you are an editor and have received some documents that you know have been copied from the Internet. The plagiarizing author wants you to personalize it. You think it might be rather smart to use the synonym tool in their word processing software. Consequently, very amused viewers on the Internet come across content on the clients website that has supposedly been through the hands of an experienced editor yet the following are the changes that have been made: You will be surprised to know is changed to you will be thunderstruck to identify. Not only is this a complete misuse of the language, but it completely changes the meaning of the original content. So, please do not use the synonym tool while editing!
It does not matter whether you are an editor or proofreader, you need to be painstaking in your editing while having a good understanding of the nuances of grammar and punctuation.
Many people do not bother to proofread their documents because they think that this is a rather mundane job. Besides that, they believe they are expert typists. They believe there is absolutely no chance that they could make a typographical error. That es definately a bug mishtake, and it is going to cost you dearly in the long run. So remember to proofread your articles after you have typed them out painstakingly!
