This handout
provides some tips and strategies for revising your writing. To give
you a chance to practice proofreading, we have left seven errors (three
spelling errors, two punctuation errors, and two grammatical errors) in
the text of this handout. See if you can spot them!
- Proofreadingjobs.org
For those interested in the fields of editing or proofreading, you are
on the right page! We are the Internet's most concise resource for
information on editing/proofreading careers, qualifications and
employment opportunities.
If you have ever
wondered what a proofreading job entails and what the qualifications
for the job might be, then you are on the right page. Many people have
the misconception that succeeding as a proofreader only requires a
sound knowledge of grammar. In addition to a basic knowledge of
grammar, you would need additional training to further your ability to
find inconspicuous errors.
- Learnproofreading.com
Moritz Legal Proofing has two primary goals: to properly train our
students in legal proofreading, and to help them gain employment as
legal proofreaders. Since our inception in 1986, we've been doing
exactly that. Although our class was initially taught in one day, we
soon discovered students received higher test results and were better
prepared for the job market if we invested more time and materials, and
kept the class sizes small. Our respected two-day format with homework
evolved in 1987, and our students have been passing those legal
proofreading tests ever since!
- Hitechproofreadingservices.com
Publishing poorly written copy or copy that has not been edited at all,
could reflect negatively on the author, the cause for which the
material is published, or the organization that the author represents.
It is a proven fact that a well-written content easily gets the green
signal not only at the publishing gate, but also at many other
checkpoints including the reader's mind. It would be extremely
foolhardy and a great risk to allow the copy to be released to the
public without it first being checked by a professional proofreader.
Because the first impression can lead to a lasting impression, the
thoroughly checked, error-proof piece of publication can bear an
identity of its class, which enables it to be categorized among an
elite class of published materials. Weather it is a book, a research
paper, a manual, or an article, a professionally proofread content can
definitely stand out in a crowd of mediocre ones.
- Proofreading.in
Proofreading is the method of checking any form of literature for its
grammatical and punctuation errors. It is that stage of putting any
literary form into its finality for end-use, whereby the copy can be
considered to be perfect. The person who looks into the proofreading
task is known as a proofreader.
Many people are
under the misconception that proofreading is only done for book
manuscripts, the fact is that any form of the written word has to be
thoroughly checked for any kind of typo-errors, otherwise it would
leave a bad reading experience amongst readers. In many publications
the proofreader is given the title of copy-editor, implying the need to
edit the copy to eradicate - rectify - all errors.
Proofreading is an
extremely responsible job, as sometimes the smallest of grammatical or
punctuation and spelling errors can change the entire meaning of piece
of literature. Keeping in mind this important role played by the
proofreader, his/her role is imperative in varied publications, as well
as advertising agencies and news channels, as well as greeting card
manufacturing companies.