PROOFREADING AND EDITINGPROOFREADING AND EDITINGSeven hints to success! Seven hints to success!
What is the difference?
Proofreading
•Spelling
•Grammar
•Punctuation
Editing
Something different
Check your cohesion
How’s my stats?
Am I making sense?
Can my sentences be better?
Tip 1
• Give it a rest
• Walk away
• Come back refreshed
Tip 2•One problem at a
time•Spelling•Grammar•Punctuation
•One problem at a time
•Spelling•Grammar•Punctuation
Tip 3
• Double-check your evidence
• Statistics
• Proper Names
• Titles
• Quotes
• Dates
• Double-check your evidence
• Statistics
• Proper Names
• Titles
• Quotes
• Dates
Tip 4
• Hard copy
• Print it out
• Read it on paper
• We spend less time per word on word we read on the screen
Tip 5
• Read it aloud
• What makes sense in our heads doesn’t always make sense to our ears
Tip 6
• Don’t be afraid of the spellchecker
• Don’t rely on one
• They’re there dog’s toys over there.
• A spellchecker wouldn’t find an error in the above sentence
Tip 7
• Get HELP!!!
• Ask someone to read over your work
• Be willing to listen
• Everyone needs a little help