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To: HKMk23

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I cheated. I printed it out so I can read it this evening.
I’ve always liked proof-reading, though I’m not too good at it with my own stuff.


1,282 posted on 07/21/2008 2:19:16 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.)
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To: Monkey Face

Whenever I review my own writing, I proofread backwards. This forces my focus onto the individual words and punctuation. I think that’s the only viable method for proofing any written work with which one has a great degree of familiarity. Attempting to proof in normal reading order invites the mind to get caught up with the author’s concepts and ideas, and, as such, tends to create a barrier to noticing the technical minutiae of missed spelling and bad punctuation. This is nowhere more true than when the proofreader and the author are the same person.


1,283 posted on 07/21/2008 2:27:59 PM PDT by HKMk23 (Tragedy?! To Hell with tragedy! If it's tragedy I want, I'll read the newspaper!)
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To: Monkey Face
I’ve always liked proof-reading, though I’m not too good at it with my own stuff.

In that case I have a 700+ page technical standard that needs proof-reading. *\;-)

1,298 posted on 07/21/2008 5:04:17 PM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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